FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - The natural history of Minnesota will be on full display once again this summer when the Bell Museum opens in its new location at the intersection of Larpenteur and Cleveland ...

The woolly mammoth was newly crafted by hand in Minnesota and will be part of Pleistocene Minnesota, the Bell’s first new diorama in more than 60 years. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community ...

The Bell Museum Annual Collectors Day is Saturday, November 1st, 2025. Join Bell Museum for their third annual Collectors Day, a daylong event where members of the community are invited to share and ...

The revamped Bell Museum is ready for its close-up, taking visitors through an upgraded and interactive view of nature. Set to open on July 13, the natural history museum previewed its new building ...

Minnesota’s favorite stuffed moose is getting ready to move. The Bell Museum and Planetarium will unveil architectural plans and hold a celebratory groundbreaking this weekend for its new $79 million ...

The new $57.5 million Bell Museum of Natural History and Planetarium on the University of Minnesota‘s St. Paul campus may be smaller than expected. The project team is considering a 62,500-square-foot ...

Susan Weller spent Christmas Eve 2008 at the Bell Museum of Natural History. But the first-year museum director didn’t go to catch up on work or for a holiday party. A pipe had burst on the third ...

To infinity and beyond! Explore the night sky at the Bell Museum’s February Star Party. The Bell Museum is hosting a Space Fest: Star Party on Friday, February 13 from 6:30 – 8 pm. Admission is free ...

The Bell Museum, a unit of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources, will be saying “goodbye” to Executive Director Denise Young on April 21 and welcoming in ...

Artist Donald Thomas gets an upclose view of the "Museum of the Moon" installation May 20, 2019 at the Bell Museum in St. Paul. INTERVIEWER: You know, a trip to the bell museum in Saint Paul is ...