Summer Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum
This summer we’re bringing some of our favorite camps to Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown Saint Paul. Join us as we explore engineering with topics like robotics, carpentry, space travel, architecture, and more! These camps feature the same educators and hands-on engineering activities as our camps in Bloomington, just brought to Minnesota Children’s Museum’s awesome facility.
You can still register for summer camps at The Works Museum in Bloomington. View our camp guide for the full schedule.
Important Camp Details
- Camper safety is always our top priority. Please review Minnesota Children’s Museum’s COVID-19 policy before registering for camps at their location. These may change depending on recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health.
- Please read our camp cancellation policies prior to registration.
- A limited number of 50% and 25% scholarships are available, based on need. To apply, download the scholarship application.
- Don’t want to register online? Printable Registration Form.
Return to camps:
Main, Pre K, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-12, One-day Camps, LEGO Camps, Robotics Camps, STEM Camps for Girls, Coding Camps
Registration Information:
Registration opens February 6
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Location:
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
Notes for planning:
Morning and afternoon camps can be combined for a full-day experience. Lunch is supervised for campers attending a full day of camp.
Drop-off begins at 8:30 for a.m. camps and at 12:30 for p.m. camps.
Pick-up is from 12-12:15 for a.m. camps and 4-4:15 for p.m. camps.
Parents will receive an email the week before camp outlining details for drop-off, pick-up, and updated COVID-19 precautions.
Register for camp by clicking on the date of the camp you would like your child to attend.
Pre K Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum
For children entering kindergarten or High Five programs in Fall 2023.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Work with hammers and drills, as well as a variety of cool tools that squish, cut, and connect things.
M-Th, July 17-20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Create and test messy mixtures. Make cloud dough, a balloon yo-yo, and other squishy projects.
M-Th, July 31-August 3, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Machines give us superpowers! Lift mighty objects with a crane, use levers to leap tall buildings, move at super speeds with wheels and axles, and create a force field.
M-Th, June 26-29, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 14-17, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum (Ages 6-8)
(6-year-old campers must have completed kindergarten)
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Try your hand at different engineering jobs. Each day will focus on a different field of engineering. Wire a flashlight (electrical), construct a propeller car (mechanical), design a bridge (architectural), and much more!
M-Th, August 7-10, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Construct tools, machines, and materials for creating art, including an electric doodle pen, a spin-art machine, and more.
M-Th, July 17-20, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 21-24, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Build and test simple rockets to learn the basics of flight and propulsion. Discover what it takes to live in space. Participate in a simulated space mission and construct survival items you would need.
M-Th, July 24-27, 1-4 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Design, build, and test different kinds of vehicles to see how they handle a collision. Experiment with crash-proof packaging, then test it out on water balloons.
M-Th, June 19-22, 1-4 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Practice your woodworking skills to build a hedgehog friend using a hammer and nails. Learn about sawing, sanding, and drilling, then create wooden creatures with wiggly arms and legs.
M-Th, August 7-10, 1-4 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Engineer adaptive equipment for animals who are injured or have a disability. Design a way to rescue a pet from a tree. Make pet toys to bring home to the animals in your life.
M-Th, August 21-24, 1-4 p.m. – CAMP FULL Sign up for the waitlist
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Investigate how things move through air as you construct hovercrafts, mini-catapults, flying saucers, rockets, and more.
M-Th, June 26-29, 1-4 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Explore robotics concepts through games, wiring, and building. Make a maze for BeeBots and program them to navigate the maze. Design and wire your own wigglebot to bring home.
M-Th, July 24-27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, July 31-August 3, 1-4 p.m.
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Build elevators, wind-up cars, and catapults with specialty LEGO pieces. Explore with gears, pulleys, and other moving parts.
M-Th, June 19-22, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. – CAMP FULL Sign up for the waitlist
$225 ($202.50 for members of either museum)
Learn how to build sturdy structures. Design and build your own mini golf hole and club. Put your design together with the designs of other campers to create a mini golf course and play a round.
M-Th, August 14-17, 1-4 p.m.