We’re partnering with The Works Museum and Stages Theatre Company to bring some of their favorite camps to Minnesota Children’s Museum!
Spring break camps take place the weeks of March 23, March 30 and April 6.
Summer camps are scheduled throughout June, July and August.
Spring Break Camps
Spend your spring break exploring the performing arts! Designed for kids in kindergarten through 2nd grade, spring camps are taught by a professional teaching artist from Stages Theatre Company. Each week-long, full day camp will run Monday through Friday and will culminate with a performance on the last day where students will share what they’ve learned.
Camps take place at Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown St. Paul.
MEMBER DISCOUNT: Museum members save 10% by using code MCM2026 at registration.
TUITION ASSISTANCE: Need-based tuition assistance is available for spring camps through Stages Theatre Company’s Open Door Program. To apply, submit the tuition assistance application.
Spring Break Camp Schedule
For real-time information on camp availability, click the spring break camp registration button above.
Dramatic Mysteries at the Museum
“The game is afoot” at Minnesota Children’s Museum and we need you to help us crack the case! Join an elite squad of fellow mystery solvers as we learn to use our actor tools (body, voice and imagination) to travel in and out of time, across the globe and all around the museum. Together, we’ll evade red herrings, dodge evil foes and solve the world’s greatest, and most puzzling, mysteries at the museum (and in our imaginations)!
March 23-27 (M-F), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
March 30 – April 3 (M-F), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
April 6 – 10 (M-F), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$430.00 non-members/$387.00 members
Grades K-2
Important Info to Know
Questions about registration or camp content should be directed to Stages Theatre Company at 952-979-1113 or ejones@stagestheatre.org.
Camp Location
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
MAP
Check-in
Check-in will be inside the museum’s main entrance on West 7th Street. You may temporarily park your vehicle in the loading/unloading zone in front of the main entrance. Metered parking or the World Trade Center parking ramp are also options.
Students should check in no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the start of camp. An adult must be present with any student that arrives earlier.
Students must be signed in by an adult each day. If you have not filled out the required forms electronically before the first day of camp, you will be required to do so when you arrive.
Check-Out
Students can be checked out inside the museum’s main entrance on West 7th Street. You may temporarily park your vehicle in the loading/unloading zone in front of the main entrance. Metered parking or the World Trade Center parking ramp are also options.
An adult must pick up and sign out the student each day. Students will only be released to an authorized adult after they have been signed out.
Students should be picked up promptly at the end of class. Please call 651-225-6056 if you are going to be late. If your student is not picked up within 15 minutes of the end of class and you have not contacted the museum, emergency contacts will be contacted.
Absences & Schedule Changes
If your child is going to miss a class, please call 651-225-6056 to inform the museum. There are no make-up sessions.
Snack, Lunch & Water
Each student should bring the following with them on each day of camp: 1 water bottle, 2 snacks (morning and afternoon) and 1 lunch in a labeled bag. No refrigeration or warming options are available.
Clothing & Footwear
Students should wear comfortable clothes suitable and appropriate for movement. Students should wear shoes with backs.
Last Day Sharing
Families and their guests are invited to a “Last Day Sharing” on Friday from 3:30-4:00pm. Please wait outside the classroom until the teaching artist lets folks in. The classroom is directly inside the museum’s main entrance on West 7th Street. Park in the World Trade Center parking structure and MCM will validate. Check In for your student will still be at 9:00am that morning. Costumes for students are allowed but NOT required. Please do not purchase anything for the Last Day Sharing. Costumes should be comfortable, easy to move in, and have close-backed shoes. Students will have time to change during the day and should not plan to wear their costumes all day.
Visiting the Museum
There will be a flyer available each day for parents/caregivers to grab that will offer $2 off for adults and other children. Campers will have free admission. This coupon works anytime between the start of camp thru the summer. Campers can stay and play on the last day of camp or come back on a Saturday later to play and still be free. They just need to grab the flyer.
Summer Camps
Designed for kids from PreK to 12 years old, camps are led by an expert educator from The Works Museum or teaching artist from Stages Theatre Company.
All camps will take place at Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown St. Paul.
2026 Summer Camp Schedule-at-a-Glance
The Works Museum
These hands-on engineering and design camps explore topics like robotics, carpentry, flying objects, architecture and more. Weekly camps with The Works Museum run Monday through Thursday, with sessions available in the morning and afternoon. Limited one-day camps are available in late June and early July.
Stages Theatre Company
Explore the performing arts while using your “actor tools” (body, voice and imagination) to create characters and solve problems. Most camps with Stages Theatre Company run Monday through Friday, with the exception of the week of June 15. Families are invited on the last day of camp to a sharing of skills learned throughout the week.
MEMBER DISCOUNT: Museum members save 10% by using code MCM2026 at registration.
TUITION ASSISTANCE: Need-based tuition assistance for camps is available for those that qualify. To apply, please submit the respective application directly to Stages Theatre Company or The Works Museum
Summer Camp Descriptions
Weekly Camps
PreK Camps
For children entering kindergarten or High Five programs in Fall 2026
Creative Kids Club (with Stages Theatre Company)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Big ideas? Wild imagination? Creative Kids Club is for you! Inspired by crafty kid characters and inventive tales like “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” :Rosie Revere, Engineer,” “The Dot” (and so many more), we’ll dream up worlds, explore new ideas and tell stories where nothing is off limits, and everything is possible!
July 27-31 (M-F), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Make it Cool with Tools! (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Work with hammers and drills, as well as a variety of cool tools that squish, cut and connect things.
Aug. 10-13 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Make it Superpowered! (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Machines give us superpowers! Lift mighty objects with a crane, use levers to leap tall buildings, move at super speeds with wheels and axels and even make a force field.
June 8-11 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Silly Storytellers (with Stages Theatre Company)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
From Elephant, Piggie and Pigeon to the Dragons (that) Love Tacos… we’re letting our giggles lead the way this summer as we explore and tell stories that make us laugh out loud! We’ll use our bodies, voices and imaginations to jump into the most entertaining and side-splitting stories as we take our turn playing our favorite beloved, hilarious and riotous characters.
July 27-31 (M-F), 1-4 p.m.
Camps for Ages 6-8
A Day in the Life: Junior Engineers (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Try your hand at different engineering jobs. Each day will focus on a different field of engineering. Wire a flashlight (electrical), construct a propeller car (mechanical), design a bridge (architectural) and much more!
Aug. 3-6 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Acting Adventure: Enchanted Explorers (with Stages Theatre Company)
$345 non-members/$310.50 members
Using our Actor tools (body, voice and imagination), we’ll adventure to fantastical, far away kingdoms, soar beyond the rainbow in pursuit of mystical unicorns, and journey to enchanted forests to find fairies and dragons. Our imaginations will take flight as we embark on dramatic expeditions to the most marvelous, mystifying and magical worlds!
June 15-18 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Acting Adventure: Super Sleuth Troupe (with Stages Theatre Company)
$430 non-members/$387 members
“The game is afoot” and we need you to help us crack the case! Join an elite squad of fellow mystery solvers this summer, as we use our actor tools (body, voice and imagination) to travel in and out of time and all around the globe. Together, we’ll evade red herrings, dodge evil foes and solve the world’s greatest, and most puzzling, mysteries.
July 6-10 (M-F), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ahoy, Engineers! (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Treasure lies at the end of your map, but first you need to engineer ways to get past roaring rapids, waterfalls, tall cliffs and hidden traps. Team up with fellow adventurers to design solutions to any problems you encounter on your quest.
July 13-16 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Astroneers (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Build and test simple rockets to learn the basics of flight and propulsion. Discover what it takes to live in space. Participate in a simulated space mission and construct survival items you would need.
Aug. 17-20 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Crash Test Contraptions (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Design, build and test different kinds of vehicles to see how they handle a collision. Experiment with crash-proof packaging, then test it out on water balloons.
Aug. 17-20 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Critter Carpentry (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Practice your woodworking skills to build a hedgehog friend using a hammer and nails. Learn about sawing, sanding and drilling, then create wooden creatures with wiggly arms and legs.
July 13-16 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Engineering for Animals (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Discover how your imaginative solutions can help animals thrive. Create adaptive equipment for animals with injuries or disabilities, invent a way to rescue a pet from a tree and more.
July 20-23 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fling and Fly (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Investigate how things move through air as you construct mini-catapults, flying saucers, rockets and more.
June 22-25 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Junior Robotics (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Explore robotics concepts through games, wiring and building. Program roving bots to navigate a custom built maze. Design and wire your own robot to bring home.
Aug. 24-27 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Lego Engineering (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Build elevators, wind-up cars and catapults with specialty LEGO pieces. Explore with gears, pulleys and other moving parts. Use LEGO pieces to make a one-of-a-kind block print.
July 20-23 (M-Th), 1-4 p.m.
Aug. 24-27 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Mini Golf Construction (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Learn how to build sturdy structures. Design and build your own mini golf hole and club. Combine your design with other campers’ to create a mini golf course and play a round of golf with fellow campers.
Aug. 3-6 (M-Th), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Sci-Fi World Builders (with The Works Museum)
$235 non-members/$211.50 members
Use your imagination to design elements of your own Sci Fi planet like fantastical landscapes, creatures, their homes and more. Make your world even more unique by customizing your designs with motors and LED lights.
June 22-25 (M-F), 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
One-Day Camps*
Camps for Ages 6-12
*Pizza lunch is provided for one-day camps
Cardboard Creations: Fun House (with The Works Museum)
$120 non-members/$108 members
Learn the basics of cardboard construction, then build a fun house and customize it with features like wobbly floors, mirrored rooms and secrets passages.
June 29 (M), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
LEGO to the Rescue (with The Works Museum)
$120 non-members/$108 members
Engineer creative rescue tools like ziplines, catapults and air-powered systems to save LEGO minifigs from perilous situations. Team up and become a hero in this thrilling one-day camp!
June 30 (Tu), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Supersize It, Shrink It (with The Works Museum)
$120 non-members/$108 members
Make larger-than-life models and teeny-tiny versions of food, toys and more. Take your creations home for more imaginative exploration.
July 1 (W), 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Important Info to Know
Questions about registration or camp content should be directed to Stages Theatre Company (952-979-1113 or ejones@stagestheatre.org) or The Works Museum (952-888-4262 or camps@theworks.org).
Camp Location
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
MAP
Check-in
Check-in will be inside the museum’s main entrance on West 7th Street. You may temporarily park your vehicle in the loading/unloading zone in front of the main entrance. Metered parking or the World Trade Center parking ramp are also options.
Campers should check in no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the start of camp. An adult must be present with any student that arrives earlier.
Campers must be signed in by an adult each day. If you have not filled out the required forms electronically before the first day of camp, you will be required to do so when you arrive.
Check-Out
Campers can be checked out inside the museum’s main entrance on West 7th Street. You may temporarily park your vehicle in the loading/unloading zone in front of the main entrance. Metered parking or the World Trade Center parking ramp are also options.
An adult must pick up and sign out the camper each day. Campers will only be released to an authorized adult after they have been signed out.
Campers should be picked up promptly at the end of class. Please call 651-225-6056 if you are going to be late. If your camper is not picked up within 15 minutes of the end of class and you have not contacted the museum, emergency contacts will be contacted.
Absences
If your child is going to miss a class, please call 651-225-6056 to inform the museum. There are no make-up sessions.
Water & Snack
On each day of camp, campers should bring a refillable water bottle and a snack in a labeled bag. If your child is signed up for a full-day camp or both the morning and afternoon camp sessions, please pack two snacks. No refrigeration or warming options are available.
Lunch
Campers who are signed up for a full-day camp or both the morning and afternoon camp sessions will be supervised by Minnesota Children’s Museum staff between sessions. Please pack a lunch for your child in a clearly labeled bag. No refrigeration or warming options are available. A pizza lunch is provided for campers enrolled in one-day camps.