A person looking at the giant astronaut at the Science Museum from a distance.

Exhibits and Experiences

Make big discoveries, explore Earth's natural history, and immerse yourself in science in downtown Saint Paul.

Butterfly Odyssey

Temporary exhibit | March 7-Sept. 1, 2025

A photo from the Human Body Gallery. A visitor looks at a human heart.

Exhibit Expeditions

Temporary experience

Community Curators

Temporary exhibit

Pine Needles Gallery

Temporary exhibit

Research and Collections Tours

Weekly experience | Mondays, 10 a.m.

Museum Nights

Weekly experience | Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

A wide shot of the Collectors' Corner.

Collectors' Corner

Permanent experience

A wide shot of the dinosaur exhibit with dinosaur fossils in the background. A woman is standing in front reading a panel.

Dinosaurs & Fossils Gallery

Permanent exhibit

A family stands near the tornado activity, looking up at the swirling air

Experiment Gallery

Permanent exhibit

A photo of someone gazing at the Giant Astronaut from the side.

Giant Astronaut

Permanent experience

Two people look at a brain and read information about it in the Human Body Gallery

Human Body Gallery

Permanent exhibit

"Light" Gallery neon sign

Light Gallery

Permanent exhibit

Image of figure casting shadows on scaled wall

Math Moves

Permanent exhibit

Two people observe a bird study skin in the Mississippi River Gallery

Mississippi River Gallery

Permanent exhibit

Our Backyard

Temporary experience | June 9-Sept. 1, 2025

Sections of faces of people of different races collaged to make one face.

RACE: Are We So Different?

Permanent exhibit

Real STEM stories banner with various science graphics including a stethoscope, DNA, fingerprints, and medicine.

Real STEM Stories

Online

Two sandhill crane art installations in the Science Museum lobby

Sandhill Crane Community Art

Level 5

View of level three of the galleries

Scavenger Hunt

Online museum activity

Science Live

Permanent experience

An adult holding a child up to touch a basketball in the Sportsology exhibit

Sportsology

Permanent exhibit

A group of children at the Sun, Earth, Universe exhbit

Sun, Earth, Universe

Permanent exhibit

A family watching videos on their laptop.

Virtual Experiences

Online science resources

People standing near the entrance of We Move and We Stay

We Move and We Stay

Permanent exhibit

An adult sits underneath the psychograph machine in the Weighing the Evidence exhibit

Weighing the Evidence

Permanent exhibit

An adult holding up glasses that say "Newborn" while also holding a baby

Wonder Years

Permanent exhibit