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Family weekend options: Children's Museum, St. Martin's Day

November 6, 2014 at 8:59PM

Healthyville exhibit to be held at the Minnesota Children's Museum. credit: Stepping Stones Museum for Children (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Saturday: Join future doctors and pharmacists for the "Be a Doctor for the Day" event. Join pre-med and pharmacy students from the University of Minnesota and explore real medical tools. Learn how to keep your body healthy with hands-on activities. Don't forget to check out the "Healthyville" exhibit, which studies circulation, digestion and more with up-close activities. (9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. $9.95. 10 W. 7th St., St. Paul. 651-225-6000.)

ST. MARTIN'S DAY

Sunday: Rice Park is transformed into a winter wonderland during this celebration of German treats and traditions that highlight the season of giving. Make a lantern and join a parade at dusk. Donations will be collected for Joseph's Coat, an organization that provides goods and services to individuals and families in need. (4-6 p.m. Sun. Free. Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St., St. Paul. 651-292-3225. www.landmarkcenter.org.)

MELISSA WALKER

joel koyamaïjkoyama@startribune.com martin1112 Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN-St. Martin's Day Celebration Steve Budas (riding horse) of Minneapolis plays St. Martin as 400-450 people walk with their laterns around Rice Park in St. Paul. Around November 11 each year the Catholic Church celebrates St. Martin's day. Bishop Martin became a Saint after he tore his cape apart and gave it to a beggar so he would not freeze to death. It was Christ who appeared before Martin to reveal that he was the beggar. In 371 AD he was elected to be the Bishop of Tours. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)