Experience The Works Museum

Our open-format Experience Gallery is designed for young engineers to explore at their own pace with hands-on activities. Kids can build with K’Nex, test out a giant kaleidoscope, design sturdy structures, and so much more!

The House

In our exhibit, The House, visitors will explore the engineering that goes into the houses and apartments we live in, such as: plumbing, siding, electrical engineering, and tiling.

With The House, we’re excited to highlight some of the many career paths open to kids interested in STEM, including skilled trades and engineering degrees, while they explore the engineering behind things they interact with every day!

K’NEX Ball Machine

To follow the design, construction, and installation of Austin Granger’s ball machine for The Works Museum, you can view his video series HERE.

Carry A Load

Developed in collaboration with partners from local Dakota, Ojibwe, Hmong, Mexican, and Somali communities, these activities are designed to introduce children to some of the unique ways that each culture engineers.

Brick Pixel Pics

Brick Pixel Pics lets brick lovers create 2D art in three innovative ways. Follow a grid and complete a small section of a large-scale, community-built work of art. Snap together a smaller scale image that can be displayed on our gallery wall. And finally, free-build your own creations on our brick base plate covered table.