Weekend family fun: Discovery Days, Winter Open House

January 15, 2015 at 7:29PM
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

DISCOVERY DAYS

A celebration of inventors including the 309-year-old Benjamin Franklin. See electrifying performances by Franklin and Nikola Tesla. Take a trip through space in the Bell Museum's Exploradome, which highlights a variety of space inventions. (11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. $5-$7. Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Av. S., Mpls. 612-926-3878. www.thebakken.org.)

WINTER OPEN HOUSE

Learn how to strap on and use snowshoes. Also discover animal tracks and signs from self-guiding activities. A naturalist will be on hand to answer questions. (10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. Free, $5 snowshoe rental. Maplewood Nature Center, 2659 E. 7th St., Maplewood. 651-249-2000. www.ci.maplewood.mn.us.)

About thirty people strapped on snowshoes to follow Richardson Nature Center naturalist Kimi Aisawa Romportl on a hike through the park's woods and over ponds in a winter outing. Many of the kids in the group broke away to race across ponds. (MARLIN LEVISON/STARTRIBUNE(mlevison@startribune.com (cq -
About thirty people strapped on snowshoes to follow Richardson Nature Center naturalist Kimi Aisawa Romportl on a hike through the park's woods and over ponds in a winter outing. Many of the kids in the group broke away to race across ponds. (MARLIN LEVISON/STARTRIBUNE(mlevison@startribune.com (cq - (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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