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Grand Opening: Saturday
Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 9:00 am–9:00 pm
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Experience the new Bell Museum inside and out, with an epic opening day from 9am-9pm.
Be among the first visitors to the amazing Touch & See Lab and Collections Cove, sketch rare items from our educational collection, build your own mini diorama to take home, and find your inner scientist with fascinating demos and hands on activities throughout the building. We will be premiering the Bell original planetarium production of Minnesota in the Cosmos in the Whitney and Elizabeth Planetarium along with No Limits!, a journey through space and time, exploring some of the big questions that astronomy is trying to answer.
We’ll also have a variety of free experiences in the outdoor Learning Landscape between 9 am and 6 pm, including an interactive water rocket launching station and more.
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Museum gallery admission is available either online or at the door.
Saturday Planetarium Shows: SOLD OUT
Planetarium Show Schedule:
No Limits!, 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm
Minnesota in the Cosmos, 10:45am, 1:15pm, 3:45pm, 6:15pm
Presales for both gallery admissions and planetarium show tickets are on sale now. Note that we will hold 25 tickets each for the 10:45am, noon, 1:15pm, 2:30pm, 5pm, and 6:15pm shows for walk up sales on Saturday.
Standard gallery admission and planetarium ticket fees apply.
Outdoor activities are free of charge.
We are anticipating a high volume of visitors, we have extra parking lots nearby and will be running a continuous shuttle between the locations. A complete list of options and map can be found HERE.
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