Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum

Thank you to our educators and campers who made summer 2025 amazing. For camps during the school year take a look at our school break camps.

The 2026 Summer Camp Guide will be available in January!

This summer we’re bringing some of our favorite camps to Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown Saint Paul. Join us as we explore engineering with topics like robotics, carpentry, space travel, architecture, and more! These camps feature the same educators and hands-on engineering activities as our camps in Bloomington, just brought to Minnesota Children’s Museum’s awesome facility.

Register for camp by clicking on the date of the camp you would like your child to attend.

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Download the Summer 2025 Camp guide

Registration Information for 2025 Summer Camps

Summer camp registration is OPEN, register today!

$230 ($207 for members of either museum)

Location:

Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102

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Pre K Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum

For children entering kindergarten or High Five programs in Fall 2025.

  • $230 ($207 for members of either museum)

    Work with hammers and drills, as well as a variety of cool tools that squish, cut, and connect things.

    M-Th, August 11-14, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum | Camp full sign up for the waitlist

  • $230 ($207 for members of either museum)

    Machines give us superpowers! Lift mighty objects with a crane, use levers to leap tall buildings, move at super speeds with wheels and axles, and create a force field.

    M-Th, June 9-12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum

Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum (Ages 6-8) 

(6-year-old campers must have completed kindergarten)

Camps at Minnesota Children’s Museum (One Day Camps) 

(6-year-old campers must have completed kindergarten)

  • $115 per day, $103.50 members

    Learn the basics of cardboard construction, then build a themed structure and customize it with amazing features that you design. You get to be the designer, the architect, and the engineer all rolled into one!

    Castles: Build a castle, then add features like secret rooms, trap doors, and drawbridges.

    Monday, June 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum | Camp full sign up for the waitlist

  • $115 per day, $103.50 members

    Calling all young builders! Learn beginning carpentry skills and construct hands-on projects that move. Practice using hammers, saws, screwdrivers, and more to build a wooden catapult and a pinewood derby-style car.    

    Wednesday, July 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum | Camp full sign up for the waitlist

  • $115 per day, $103.50 members

    Engineer roller coasters for balls and marbles. Construct a marble maze game to take home.

    Tuesday, July 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum

Tips for camp registration:

  • Morning and afternoon camps can be combined for a full-day experience. Lunch is supervised for campers attending a full day of camp.

  • Drop-off begins at 8:30 for a.m. camps and at 12:30 for p.m. camps.

  • Pick-up is from 12-12:15 for a.m. camps and 4-4:15 for p.m. camps.

  • Parents will receive an email the week before camp outlining details for drop-off, pick-up.

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