PLAN A VISIT

Observe the authentic, handcrafted methods used to build these structures so that they were livable for early pioneers to the area. Learn what daily activities were needed to make it through tough winters in the cold north.

Explore our award-winning museum, research center, grounds, gift shop and Glen Location. Ask about our memberships and educational field trips. Use summer entrance from Memorial Day to October.

Ride our vintage trolley to an authentic mining location. Learn the hows and whys of the caboose and why we no longer see them at the end of a train.

Talk to our Research Center’s staff to see if you can find your relatives in our many databases.

Explore two floors of museum exhibits, our theater, view from the cantilever bridge, and our Play Studio. This is our winter entrance from November to Memorial Day.

Bands, Brews, & BBQ takes place outdoors in our food court, featuring free live music every Thursday in the summer from 5-7 pm, with food and beverages available for purchase from 4-8 pm.

Seating 1,600, the architecturally iconic amphitheater is one of Minnesota’s top open-air concert venues. Forged into the historic red rock mining landscape, it’s worth seeing.

Two nationalities are shown with these structures. Sami - the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia and Russia - and Norwegian.

From this overlook you can see the overburden from the Hibbing Taconite Plant. Behind you is our gazebo where many couples stand to say “I do!”

Grab a scorecard and equipment and learn about Iron Ore Mining as you play a round of mini golf.

The glass walls and ceiling of this unique space host a variety of events. The surrounding pergola is a great space to take in the scenery.

Find out how thousands of men from our area and around the US helped build our country’s parks and began our conservation projects. Then stop at the Pollinator Garden to help us observe and record the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

A 1928 Buick five-passenger touring car was a predecessor to the Greyhound Bus Company founded on the Iron Range.

Enjoy our current temporary exhibit, then walk into the Play Studio—a magical space where kids can explore, discover, and have fun doing what they do best–play!

Representing the essential role that iron played in the war effort, this exhibit features a 3”/50 caliber gun mount on loan from the U.S. Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Collection.

The Ojibwe are a Native American people who have lived in what is now Minnesota for centuries. Learn what it means to be BP (Before Present.) Could you have survived?

The demand for furs brought together Europeans and Native peoples in Minnesota in the 1600s. Europeans established fur trading posts throughout the wilderness of North America. Minnesota’s network of lake and river “highways” became an important hub during the fur trade era.

Noise, smells and sickness. Could you have withstood all that to begin a new life in a new country?

Discover billions of years of history through rocks and minerals. (Under Construction Through 2025)

Learn how this place was once a gathering spot for many languages and the heart of the town.

From children to adults see what it took to become a citizen of the US through education.

Learn about 100 years of labor history on Minnesota’s Iron Range including underground and open-pit mines, picket lines, labor spy offices, and halls of Congress.

Explore vintage automobiles that date back to the boom of motorized transportation that helped expand and connect the Iron Range. Could some of the steel that built these vehicles have been made from the Iron Ore of Minnesota’s Iron Range? Most Likely!