Join us on special days for drop-in Explore It! events

Experience more hands-on engineering around a particular subject or with visiting partner organizations. No registration is required, just stop in with your family or the young engineers in your life. All activities are included with your Museum admission and free to members. Get ready to Explore It!

Cardboard Fort Building

Thursday, December 26, 2019 – January 3, 2020
Stop by The Works Museum’s Discovery Room to add on to the visitor-created cardboard fort village.
* during open hours 

 Explore it! Tech Take Apart

Saturday, January 4, 2020 | 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Roll up your sleeves, put on safety goggles, and dig into the guts of machines and electronics.
* included with your museum admission

Explore it! 3M Visiting Wizards

Saturday, January 11, 2020 | 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Come in for family-friendly science and engineering demonstrations, and see the Wizards’ exciting 30-minute show. Experience engineering and technology with real scientists and engineers!
* included with your museum admission

Enjoy photos of selected past Explore It! days:

Thank You to Our Past Partners:

Three Rivers Park District
3M Visiting Wizards
Austin Granger
National Weather Service
Beth Korth and Rob Stenzinger, Game Dev Day Organizers
University of Minnesota’s Student Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
MathCEP of the University of Minnesota
The Home Depot
Eastman Nature Center of Three Rivers Park
LASER Classroom
YOXO Toys
Playful Learning Lab from the University of St.Thomas
Engineering Instructor Bob Zbikowski
MNDOT Office of Aeronautics
American Workshop
GoSolar!
Minnesota Section of the American Chemical Society
Hennepin County Fix-It Clinics