Bell Museum

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Minnesota’s official natural history museum, serving learners of all ages by igniting curiosity for the natural world

The tiny spatula-shaped leaves of a sundew plant radiate outwards, red against brown grasses.
Children are hidden by bright green corn stalks as they run past.
A man and woman lean together, looking closely at a craft. Behind them is a map of Minnesota.
Three children in a science lab show off a clear jar that contains two large grubs.
Three researchers look closely at two preserved birds, sitting on a green countertop. White shelves and bones are in the background.
A person with a baby in a carrier and a young child looking intently at a museum exhibit.
Two visitors observing a diorama of a large elk in a natural history museum setting.
A woman in a flannel shirt extends her hand, releasing invisible seeds between her fingers. She is surrounded by brown, dead plants.
Night view of the Bell Museum with aurora visible in the sky, featuring an informational sign with a map in the foreground.
Two women lean in, smiling, while pulling apart the red carcass of a small bird. The woman holding the bird wears blue gloves.
Graphic for 'Confluence: Futures in Color' featuring colorful floral patterns against a dark background with text overlay.
Mammoth themed books sit on a table, next to newspaper clippings. In the background are shelves of books.
Two people stand in front of a planetarium with a meme on the screen. The meme is a humorous picture of "cowboy advice" that says, "1. be rootin, 2. be tootin, and 3. and by god by constellation shootin"
A long exposure photograph of star trails with a dirt road and building in the foreground
A Bell Museum guide holds out a gecko
Students practice giving a weather forecast against a whiteboard backdrop
A group of fairgoers at the Minnesota State Fair with a fair ride overhead
A video promoting the Bell museum’s new monarch exhibit. The video follows a bell employee, dressed as a monarch, through an imagined day in the life of a butterfly.