The Works Museum in Bloomington, Minnesota is a hands-on engineering and technology museum designed to inspire kids through interactive exhibits and creative STEM activities. Perfect for young inventors and builders, the museum offers engaging programs that explore robotics, circuits, and design. Located just outside the Twin Cities, The Works Museum provides a fun, educational experience for families and school groups alike.
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The Works Museum
538 Google Reviews
Just went there today and had a lot of fun. Good for many ages and the new house segment was very enjoyable. They have a Lego wall where you can make Lego pictures and leave them there. There is a large Lego picture wall where you can see the picture and then try to make it using a battleship style grid. They have a marble coaster that took 6 MONTHS to make. There is a secret event every 15-30 minutes at the marble coaster(you will know it when you see it). There is a knex racer builder at which you can build a car/8 wheel blob to race down the track. Member ship was 25 for 3 people and you get student discounts if in a certain school and grade. Have fun!
My grandson (6) had a blast here. We loved the self-directed hands-on activities. His favorites were wiring up the house and adding framing. Great fun. We spent a good part of a rainy Saturday here. The two of us enjoyed watching the huge K’Nex ball machine do its thing.
This is a fun unique place to test out some new activities for the kids. Definitely get there early for some quiet time before camps arrive.
We had a great time at the Works Museum! It’s a little science museum focused on engineering, construction, and a little bit of computer science.
Plenty for the whole family to do, lots of little things to play around with. We spent a couple hours building plumbing, programming mice, building towers, and playing with foam bricks.
We had a ton of fun and will definitely be coming back!
This place is really cool and there is a ton of interactive fun science and engineering types of things to do. We did not attend any of the classes well we were there, but had a lot of fun. We spent about an hour and a half here and I don’t know if we would have been able to spend more time there unless we went to a class or if you came with multiple children so they could run and play and build together. This place is not huge so don’t expect a ton but there are a lot of individual stations you can visit and interact with. 4 stars Because it could use some more stuff to do and see
This place is AWESOME! We knew it was kind of a smaller place, so we expected to stay about an hour. We stayed 3 hours and then left only because they were closing for the day. I would highly recommend this to anyone with kids who enjoy anything engineering-related (Legos, puzzles, building, problem solving, etc.)
This place was amazing! When I originally looked at the place I saw some really good reviews, and some not so great reviews, so I was a little hesitant to bring my daughter (13). We got checked in quickly and most of the activities are geared towards 7-8+. It was very innovative, and all the activities were very different. I did read in some of the reviews that said that the toys were ones you might find at home, but I never would have thought to use any of those kids toys the way we did. We made pictures with Legos, built bridges with wood blocks, and a lot more. People also did day that it was just one room, and it was a big room, but it had about 4-5 sections. I would definitely go back, and if your looking for a similar museum, I recommend the Bakken museum.
We expected there to be more to do here, but we were still able to spend 3 hours here. The kids (6 and 9) spent the majority of their time building with large blocks and building race cars. We hoped to build robots or find coding activities. They had a good time, but we don’t plant to come back.
