The Works Museum

There’s still time to make a gift this Give to the Max Day! Donations are accepted until midnight, and every gift increases our chances of winning a Golden Ticket, awarded every 15 minutes. https://lnkd.in/eVzqkh7 Plus, your support will help unlock the Kids K’NEX Derby—event details to be announced once we reach our goal. Thank you for helping us cross the finish line!

Give to the Max Day is today! We’re asking you to please make a gift to The Works Museum before midnight tonight. Your gift helps to provide hands-on engineering experiences to more than 61,000 kids and family members each year, inspiring a generation of problem solvers. Please support this important work by making a donation today by following the link below. https://lnkd.in/eVzqkh7 Plus, your gift will count as an entry to an upcoming Kids K’NEX Derby! Unlock this event by being 1 of 50 donors this Give to the Max Day. See the K'NEX Racer in action below!

Thanks Girls Dream Code for making the first Family Engineering Day a memorable one!

Thanks for joining us at Family Engineering Day, Polar Semiconductor! We always have a blast engineering with you.

This Give to the Max Day, we’re celebrating one of our most iconic exhibits—the K'NEX Racer! For over a decade, this hands-on exhibit has inspired creativity, problem-solving, and STEM learning?in?kids. Now, your donation can help unlock a Kids K'NEX Derby where participants will dive into engineering challenges and fun!? We need 50 individual donors to make this event happen. Your gift qualifies as an entry to the derby, and also supports vital STEM programs like interactive workshops, outreach initiatives, and special events that bring STEM to life for kids. Follow the link below to donate today and join us?in?inspiring the next generation of innovators! https://lnkd.in/eVzqkh7

NAWIC Minneapolis-St. Paul #164 hosted a Block Kids Building Competition here at The Works Museum over the weekend. It was an exciting event, full of engineering fun. Congrats to this year's winners! The top three builders each received a LEGO set. Thanks NAWIC for returning to The Works Museum for a second year with this awesome event.

We are so excited that Polar Semiconductor will be joining us for Family Engineering Day at The Works Museum on Saturday, November 16. Mark your calendars!

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that the Sensata Foundation is supporting our Engineering for All programming this year! A big thank you to our partner, Sensata Technologies, for their continued commitment to empowering future engineers. We couldn’t do this without your support!

The Works Museum is seeking artists and community members to consult and collaborate with on an upcoming exhibit. This is an exciting opportunity for participants to draw inspiration from their own backgrounds and help create exhibits that reflect the ingenuity and design work of the communities and cultures represented in the Twin Cities. Please share this opportunity with your networks to help us find creative individuals to work with! Included here are creative briefs for the upcoming exhibit. We are looking for collaboration in the form of consultation or the creation of physical or digital works. Budget and compensation will be determined in consultation with each participant and depends on the level of involvement and type/complexity of the work proposed.

We're hiring! Share with your networks to help us find a new member to add to our team: The Works Museum is seeking a Visitor Experience Supervisor that can keep daily operations running smoothly—from overseeing the exhibit gallery and staffing to organizing engaging programming and amenities. This role also involves being the go-to person for coordinating camp logistics and processing registrations for exciting camps and museum memberships. A passion for creating memorable experiences for visitors, along with the ability to juggle a variety of tasks with a positive outlook, is essential for this role!