🗓️ Date: Thursday, August 20 ⏰ Time: 4:00-7:00pm 📍 Place: MDC’s Pavilion 😁 Age Range: Everyone is welcome! 💵 Cost: FREE for everyone! After a brief postponement due to air quality issues, it’s time for everyone’s favorite Family Discovery Day... Fossils X3! 🦴🦖🐚 On Thursday, August 20, take a gigantic step back in time to […]
Thursday nights are for Bands, Brews, & BBQ! Join us on Thursday, August 20th, to enjoy the dulcet tunes and good vibes of Rich & Germaine! 😊 You know them. You love them. Rich Mattson and Germaine Gemberling have been writing, recording, and performing together since 2010. They both have played in and toured with […]
🗓️ Date: June 4 (5pm), July 11 (3pm), August 20 (5pm) 📍 Place: The Glen Mine Pit Lake (meet at MDC’s front desk) ⭐ Age Range: 13 years old + #️⃣ Capacity: 8 participants 💵 Cost: $35 with a rental, $20 without a rental ❗ 10% discount for MDC Members! ✒️ Registration: Call to register! […]
📅 Date: Saturday, August 22 ⏰ Time: 1:00-3:00pm 📍 Place: MDC’s Theater 💸 Cost: FREE On Saturday, August 22, come experience a FREE book talk with someone who calls Chisholm her hometown—Mary Soroko! Mary will be reading and signing her book, Forged in Iron: A Minnesota Rusyn Immigrant’s Tale, which is a tribute to Iron […]
🗓️ Tuesday, August 25 ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm 📍 Minnesota Discovery Center's Theater 💸 FREE & OPEN TO ALL The Smithsonian Institution’s Rural Initiative: More Than “Not Urban”: Serving People and Place in the Iron Range Join us for a community conversation exploring how the Smithsonian Institution is expanding its work with rural and Tribal communities across […]
All good things must come to an end. Come join us on Thursday, August 27th, to enjoy wonderful music, chill brews, tasty food, and good times at the Summer of 2026’s FINAL Bands, Brews, & BBQ session featuring… MDC’s own Ryder Grove! 🎸 When Ryder isn’t beautifying MDC’s campus as part of our Buildings & […]
🗓️ Dates: May 31, June 29, July 29, and August 27 ⏰ Times: 9:00pm (each time) 📍 Place: Redhead MTB Park (meet at the trailhead!) ⭐ Age Range: 16 years old + 💵 Cost: FREE ❗ Important: Bring your own headlamp! Redhead MTB Park is beautiful in the daytime, but have you ever experienced it […]
🗓️ Date: June 13, July 25, August 29 ⏰ Time: 3:00pm each time 📍 Place: Redhead MTB Park (meet at MDC’s front desk) ⭐ Age Range: 18 years old + #️⃣ Capacity: 10 participants 💵 Cost: $30 (10% discount for MDC Members) ✒️ Registration: Call to register! (218) 254-7959 Join MDC’s Recreation Staff for an […]
✨ Night of Discovery 📅 Thursday, September 17 ⌚ 5:00-9:30pm An Evening of Discovery. An Investment in the Future. Join us for Minnesota Discovery Center's Second Annual Night of Discovery Gala on Thursday, September 17, from 5:00–9:30pm! It will be an unforgettable evening of celebration, entertainment, and philanthropy. Set against the backdrop of MDC's beautiful […]
The Research Center Presents: Become a Naturalist! Presentation & Book Signing with Teresa Veraguth 📅 Date: Thursday, September 24 ⏰ Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm 📍 Place: MDC’s Theater 💸 Cost: FREE On Thursday, September 24, come on over to MDC to learn how to identify local plants, animals, and fungi with Teresa Veraguth! During her presentation, Teresa […]
