For more than 30 years, Minnesota Children's Museum has embedded the research on play, creativity and child development into its interactive learning environments and programs. Open-ended experiences are designed for children to explore, discover, immerse, imagine and connect.

Our mission is Sparking children's learning through play.

Our vision is Kids play more.  Adults do, too.  We thrive as a happier, healthier and more innovative community through the radiant power of play.

Our organizational values:

• We have fun together. We spark creativity. We play.
• We seek diversity. We work collaboratively. We include.
• We experiment. We reflect and learn. We grow.
• We are respectful and open. We take responsibility.
• We serve. We challenge ourselves.
• We do not settle.  We strive.

Minnesota Children's Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover. The Museum helps to instill a life-long love of learning by nurturing the real-world skills children need to become engaged citizens in the future.

The Museum, in operation since 1981, embraces these core concepts:

• Early learning is the foundation for lifelong learning.
• Families are our children’s first teachers.
• All children deserve a time and place to be children.
• Diverse perspectives enrich children’s lives.
• Play is learning.