BellMuseum
The Bell Museum is Minnesota’s official natural history museum, established by the legislature in 1872 and held in trust by the University of Minnesota. For over a century, the museum has preserved and interpreted our state’s rich natural history. The Bell’s collections contain over one million specimens, representing every county in Minnesota and various locales around the globe. With a mission to ignite curiosity and wonder, explore our connections to nature and the universe, and create a better future for our evolving world, the Bell aims to serve learners of all ages.
Natural Observers: A Conversation at the Intersection of Art and Science
Digitizing Minnesota's Insect Collection: Robin Thomson
Meet the researcher: Jiale Zhang
Star Balls: Celebrating Minnesota's First Planetariums
Science of Sound: Meet Ritika Ganguly
Honest Answers to Ridiculous Questions: Episode 5
Breeding Birds Book Launch
Wolf Skull Prep 101
Bell Museum Science & Nature Kits
What do you do with several hundred wolf skulls?
Honest Answers to Ridiculous Questions: Episode 4
Inside the Bell Museum Collection: Fishes
Inside the Bell Museum Collections: Birds
Inside the Bell Museum Collections: Herbarium
Inside the Bell Museum Collections: Mammals
Inside the Bell Museum Collections
Girl Scouts: Test a Telescope
Girl Scouts: Milky Way Murals
Girl Scouts: Space Race
Girl Scouts: Make Your Own Sundial
Girl Scouts: Moon Craters
Girl Scouts: Perseverance Rover
Honest Answers to Ridiculous Questions: Episode 3
How to Read a Star Map
Honest Answers to Ridiculous Questions: Episode 2
Honest Answers to Ridiculous Questions: Episode 1
Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story
2024 Solar Eclipse!
Science of Sound: Chase Bliss & Bell Museum Performance