Ag & Nature Lab
Each month, discover a new exhibit in the Ag and Nature Lab at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. You might learn about composting, watch animals grow, learn about how our food is grown and gets to the dinner table, or any number of other nature-based play activities! The Ag and Nature Lab exhibits are always included with admission or Museum membership.
30 April 2021
Sheep to Sweater
Don’t be Baashful about coming into the AgLab to check out this exhibit! Sheep’s wool has …
30 April 2021
Egg Incubating
All month long we’ll be incubating chicken eggs in the Ag and Nature Lab! You never …
Earth Day: Prairie’s Edge Exploration Kick-off!
Celebrate Earth Day by checking out a Prairie’s Edge Exploration Backpack during our spring kick-off event! …
31 May 2021
What’s Underfoot?
Have you ever thought about the ground you walk on every day and what lives underneath …
31 May 2021
Composting is Cool!
What IS composting and what items from your household can you compost? Try our hands-on activities …
31 May 2021
Dairy Barn – Cow Care
Our popular Dairy Barn is back in the AgLab to help us celebrate June as Dairy …
31 August 2021
Monarch Metamorphosis
Learn how a tiny egg on a milkweed plant turns into a beautiful Monarch butterfly. Hands-on …
This work is funded in part through grant support provided by the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council and the Union Pacific Foundation