Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/09/2026
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Minnesota History Center 345 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Description
Forever on the hunt for a deal, the families that make up FFTC love to share our finds: Enjoy free admission and free parking at the Minnesota History Center Thursday nights. Stop in the Minnesota History Center Thursdays night from 4-8pm, and receive free admission and parking. We promise, this is a very family-friendly museum with plenty to touch, play with, learn about and even climb on. The permanent and rotating exhibits at the Minnesota History Center were designed with the whole family in mind.
Live music with the Rothchild Family Concert Series
Enjoy FREE concerts select Thursdays from February 12th-July 2nd, 6:30-7:30pm.
- February 12Â Paper Clips Trombone Quartet
- March 5Â Laurel Faculty Wind Quintet
- April 30Â Son de Cuerdas
- June 4Â Laurel Faculty Piano Quartet
- July 2Â Jasper String Quartet
Top things for kids at the Minnesota History Center: Current exhibits
No dry discourse or “hands off” signage here; the Minnesota History Center does a phenomenal job of appealing to all ages through its highly interactive and entertaining exhibits. You will have no problem at all finding plenty to intrigue your kids — and while they are being amused, you’ll probably find yourself being playful right alongside them.Â
MINNESOTA’S GREATEST GENERATION Explores the experiences of those who lived through such defining eras as the Great Depression and World War 2. Kids can travel back to the 1930s and ’40s, playing at being soda jerks at an old-school drugstore, watching movie clips at the theater, packing war materials on an assembly line and for those up to it even experiencing an intense simulated flight on D-Day.
The THEN NOW WOW exhibit playfully captures “WOW” moments in Minnesota history – my kids have enjoyed hunkering down in the prairie sod house during a storm, bartering at the fur post, riding a streetcar through bygone St Paul and working in an iron ore mine.
WEATHER PERMITTINGÂ may be for older kids as it allows you to safely experience what it may have been like taking shelter during a massive tornado that hit the community of Fridley in 1965.
More information
- Additional information about free Thursday nights is posted on the Minnesota History Center website.
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