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The Bakken Museum is so engaging that, even though we were learning, it felt like play. This small museum does a great job of making science accessible. A person can walk away with a basic understanding of how electricity works. One thing I loved about...

Poet and lyric essayist Kathryn Nuernberger won the 2015 James Laughlin award, joining the company of poets like fellow BOA Editions pressmates, Li-Young Lee, Jillian Weise, and the late Brigit Pegeen Kelly. Having been familiar with her 2010 Antivenom...

MHTA — The Bakken Museum Board of Directors announced that executive director Dr. David Rhees will retire in September after 23 years of distinguished service in that role. As the museum prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Dr. Rhees said: “It...

Back in a 1950s, hospital-equipment repairman Earl Bakken wasn’t fearful of a steer of blood. He had a locker subsequent to a surgeons, and he would mostly keep a doctors’ apparatus regulating during procedures or pattern inclination to order. At a...

The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis is a fun and interactive museum to visit. I took my son here and he had a blast playing with all the hands on experiments the museum has to offer. He was a little unnerved by Frankenstein’s Laboratory, but a great...