For Educators

Throughout the year there are a variety of opportunities at Minnesota Discovery Center to learn more about the history and heritage of Minnesota's Iron Range.

• Explore permanent and changing exhibits.
• Research family and regional history at the library
• Participate in the preservation of regional folk arts through demonstrations and workshops.
• Attend films and lectures in the theater.

School Visits
School visits to the museum are available year-round. Please check our exhibit and program schedule for activities of interest. For more information about what you can learn at Minnesota Discovery Center, or to schedule a school visit, contact Kelly Florence (218-254-7959, ext. 294 or education@mndiscoverycenter.com)

Helpful Information

The Role of Chaperones
In school visits to the museum, Minnesota Discovery Center understands the critical role that chaperones play in creating a meaningful and fun learning experience for students.

Chaperones have three main tasks during the visit:

• To model proper museum behavior
• To encourage active learning and exploration
• To supervise students

While we wish to dispel the myth that museums are quiet places where you can't touch anything, respect for the work of the museum is essential. During a museum visit, students look to the adults in their group for cues on how to behave properly. When chaperones pay particular attention to how they treat museum staff, exhibits, and the physical space, student behavior reflects that model.

We invite students and chaperones to actively enjoy the space here at Minnesota Discovery Center, sometimes solemnly, sometimes loudly, as befits each exhibit.

Minnesota Discovery Center  provides free passes to chaperones up to the recommended number per group.

One chaperone is recommended for every five students in grades K through 6; and one for every ten students in grades 7 through 12. Additional chaperones accompanying the student group will pay regular admission rates or group rates if the group is 20 or more students.

For example, a group of 12 2nd graders students would receive two free chaperone passes; a group of 30 high school students, 3 free chaperone passes. Groups are numbers are rounded to the nearest five or ten, depending on age bracket.