The Bakken Museum
Hands-on museum of electricity and science in a lakeside mansion in Minneapolis, with exhibits on Benjamin Franklin and Mary Shelley. Open Tuesday to Sunday; tickets sold online.
Ways to visit
Museum exhibits (self-guided) Open
- What you see
- Exhibitsthebakken.org, 2026-10-26
- How
- Walk inthebakken.org, 2026-10-26
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunTuesday to Thursday noon to 4 p.m., Friday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time. Closed on the holidays listed on the visit page for 2026.Closed: New Year's Day, Easter Day, Memorial Day weekend, Independence Day weekend, Labor Day weekend, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Daythebakken.org, 2026-10-26
- Booking
- Not stated · onlineThe site has a Purchase Admission button; it does not say whether tickets are required.Book (Blackbaud ticketing) ↗thebakken.org, 2026-10-26
- Cost
- PaidAdult: $14 · Senior 65+: $12 · Student with ID: $11 · Child 4-17: $10 · Child 3 and under: freeFree for members and Native American admission; limited-income admission $1.thebakken.org, 2026-10-26
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
The Bakken Museum is on the west shore of Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, in the historic West Winds mansion. Its exhibits cover electricity, Benjamin Franklin's experiments and the origins of Frankenstein, plus a hands-on gallery called Spark. It is open Tuesday to Sunday with later opening on Tuesday to Thursday, and sells tickets online. Several holiday weekends are closed.
Run by: The Bakken Museum.
Where official pages disagree
- ZIP code: The visit page gives ZIP 55418 in its address block while the home page gives 55416; this listing uses 55416. thebakken.org/visit · thebakken.org
Getting there
3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55416
West shore of Bde Maka Ska; free surface lot off Zenith Avenue South.
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (44.93810, -93.32080). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Last checked 2026-10-26. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- thebakken.org · official page · read 2026-10-26For: name; street address; who runs it
- wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q7715… · Wikidata · read 2026-10-26For: location
- thebakken.org/visit · official page · read 2026-10-26For: Museum exhibits (self-guided): open or closed; Museum exhibits (self-guided): what you see; Museum exhibits (self-guided): kind of visit; Museum exhibits (self-guided): days and hours; Museum exhibits (self-guided): booking; Museum exhibits (self-guided): cost; Museum exhibits (self-guided): requirements
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