Minnesota is known for many things, most notably its lakes, strong musical tradition and some guy named Paul. A lesser known—but equally important—source of pride are the state’s museums. Nearly 600 sit within the state’s boundaries (that’s 1 for every 9,000 residents, twice the national average). Large, small, educational, shamelessly weird, we love them all. So, it’s no surprise that, for our beloved state, May is now officially Minnesota Museums Month. The event will feature a host of events and special promotions, and is expected to become an annual affair. To find out how Minnesota came to love its museums so much, METRO sat down with Ford W. Bell, a Minnesota native and president of the American Association of Museums on Monday. Bell was in town for the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Museum (the 106th annual convention served to showcase new technologies for museum and, yes, there was a dinosaur skeleton rigged to a Playstation controller). Read the full interview here.
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Minnesota is known for many things, most notably its lakes, strong musical tradition and some guy named Paul. A lesser known—but equally important—source of pride are the state’s museums. Nearly 600 sit within the state’s boundaries (that’s 1 for every 9,000 residents, twice the national average). Large, small, educational, shamelessly weird, we love them all.

So, it’s no surprise that, for our beloved state, May is now officially Minnesota Museums Month. The event will feature a host of events and special promotions, and is expected to become an annual affair.

To find out how Minnesota came to love its museums so much, METRO sat down with Ford W. Bell, a Minnesota native and president of the American Association of Museums on Monday. Bell was in town for the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Museum (the 106th annual convention served to showcase new technologies for museum and, yes, there was a dinosaur skeleton rigged to a Playstation controller).

Read the full interview here.

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    Okay, so I know this is a blog about things I buy, but I just love Minnesota so much. Double the museums per capita?! We...
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    Did you know that Minnesota has 600 museums, with several located right on the University of Minnesota campus?!
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    I’ve been here! and this post really really made me want to go to the science museum. I mean throughout...
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    A) Our museums rule. B) “Some guy named Paul.” I can think of 3, but I think you all know which.
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    Plans for May: Nerd it up in the museums