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Special events
The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota is all about hands-on play and unique programs and events. Read below to learn more about what is happening in the Museum. If you would like the Museum’s upcoming events delivered to your inbox, click the button below to join our mailing list!
Special events at the Children's Museum
19 March 2026
Lions Club KidSight Screening
The Mankato Lions Club will visit the Children’s Museum on November 20, 2025 from 4:00-6:00pm for FREE vision screenings for Museum members or paid admission guests. Lions KidSight USA is a nationwide program bringing Lions clubs across the country together to ensure our children receive eye screenings and follow-up care when needed. …
Bookmobile
The North Mankato Taylor Library Bookmobile makes weekly stops at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota on Wednesday afternoons from 2-3pm. Join us for story time on the Lauri Kuch Memorial Stage each week! …
Gingerbread House Workshop
Start or Continue a Holiday tradition. Come and build a gingerbread house with everything provided for you! We will even clean up the mess! Decorate a gingerbread house at the Museum, where you’ll get a pre-constructed house and a variety of decorative foods! Design your festive dream home, then leave the mess behind! Work on […] …
STEAM Explorers
STEAM brings together a powerful combination of skills, techniques, and experiments! Join us weekly on Friday mornings to explore a variety of STEAM related child-led play activities! …
Gingerbread House Workshop
Start or Continue a Holiday tradition. Come and build a gingerbread house with everything provided for you! We will even clean up the mess! Decorate a gingerbread house at the Museum, where you’ll get a pre-constructed house and a variety of decorative foods! Design your festive dream home, then leave the mess behind! Work on […] …
Math Happens
Join us each and every weekend for Math Happens! A Math Room is a welcoming, hands-on space where visitors of all ages can explore math through play, puzzles, and discovery. Activities are designed to spark curiosity and invite open-ended exploration – no worksheets, no pressure. Just joyful, creative encounters with math in a comfortable setting. […] …
Math Happens
Join us each and every weekend for Math Happens! A Math Room is a welcoming, hands-on space where visitors of all ages can explore math through play, puzzles, and discovery. Activities are designed to spark curiosity and invite open-ended exploration – no worksheets, no pressure. Just joyful, creative encounters with math in a comfortable setting. […] …
Gingerbread House Workshop
Start or Continue a Holiday tradition. Come and build a gingerbread house with everything provided for you! We will even clean up the mess! Decorate a gingerbread house at the Museum, where you’ll get a pre-constructed house and a variety of decorative foods! Design your festive dream home, then leave the mess behind! Work on […] …
Imagineering Hour
Head to the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota for the after-school Imagineering Hour, a dedicated time for children to explore their creativity and discover the possibilities of innovation. Held in Cecil’s Imagineering Loft, Imagineering Hour offers a range of open-ended STEAM activities facilitated by our educators. Children might encounter building challenges, cardboard engineering, simple machines, […] …
Baby Play
Join us on the Infant and Toddler Play Porch! With a goal to support first-time parents or those who are caring for an infant, the Museum staff – who have a background in and a passion for early childhood development, will offer content specific to our birth to two age range. Although topics such as […] …
Imagineering Hour
Head to the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota for the after-school Imagineering Hour, a dedicated time for children to explore their creativity and discover the possibilities of innovation. Held in Cecil’s Imagineering Loft, Imagineering Hour offers a range of open-ended STEAM activities facilitated by our educators. Children might encounter building challenges, cardboard engineering, simple machines, […] …
Bookmobile
The North Mankato Taylor Library Bookmobile makes weekly stops at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota on Wednesday afternoons from 2-3pm. Join us for story time on the Lauri Kuch Memorial Stage each week! …