Behind the Walls: Expansion Update Behind the Walls: Expansion Update SARA KERR Director of Content Marketing and Communications Exciting progress! With the St. Paul museum closed, the big construction wall in the atrium has come down. Another exciting milestone: The...
By Eric Anderson pollen@gmail.com Last week we had the distinct pleasure of discussing our new exhibit, Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China, with Dr. Xiaosheng Wu. In addition to his research position at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Wu is the Principal of the Rochester...
Behind the Scenes - New Forces at Play Gallery It won’t be long before we open the first new permanent exhibit in our expanded and renovated museum in downtown St. Paul. Forces at Play in the 3M Gallery will welcome visitors in August. This exhibit will be a blast –...
Play Cultivates Empathy We know that play is important in the development of essential lifelong skills, such as fine motor skills and social cues. Empathy, the foundation for human relationships, is also one of these. At its most basic definition, empathy is awareness...
Cultures, the social domain of practices, discourses, and material expressions that unite a community, are created when people play together, and creativity and creative expression is an essential part of this process. Sadly, emphasis on creativity decreases as...
