upcoming events
As a year-round gathering place, our roster of educational programs, engaging workshops, community events, and interactive exhibits is always changing. There is something new to experience on every visit. Take a look at our upcoming events to discover new ways you can learn, play, explore, or shop at Minnetrista.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Birding at Betty’s Cabin
Visit us in Betty’s Cabin to birdwatch and make your very own bird feeder to attract feathered friends to your yard or garden.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Casting Shadows
This year, you can join us in Betty’s Cabin and make shadow puppets to tell stories about daring adventures, sleepy critters, and more with our puppet theatre!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Picturesque Postcards
Join us in Betty’s Cabin, where we’ll be checking out postcards the Ball Family sent to each other on their travels and making collage postcards of our own!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Plotting Puzzles
Use our art supplies to design your own jigsaw puzzle at Betty’s Cabin!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: NYE Countdown to Noon!
Enjoy refreshments and play games as you get a jump start on ringing in the New Year.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Snowflakes
If your favorite part of winter is watching the snowfall, this activity is for you!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Puppet Theatre
Come to Betty’s Cabin for the chance to craft a new friend and make our Puppet Theatre your storytelling stage!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Cornucopia Craft
Join us at Betty’s Cabin to learn the history of the Cornucopia or ‘horn of plenty’ and make your own paper cornucopias!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Hat Party
Come to Betty’s Cabin for a fun interactive activity!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Good Luck Charms
Come to Betty’s Cabin to create your very own good luck charm.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Field Day
Come to Betty’s Cabin to celebrate WorldwideDay of Play with family activities and fun!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Story Time
Come to Betty’s Cabin to celebrate International Literacy Day with family activities and fun!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Birdhouse Painting
Help us design and add color to some birdhouses we will place in the Nature Area for our feathered friends!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Coloring Outside the Lines
Tired of coloring inside the lines? Using crayons and watercolors, you can flip-flop your art so color is king and the lines are the plainest part of the page.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Sun Prints
Join us at Betty's Cabin, where we'll use materials like fallen leaves, twigs, and paper silhouettes to make sun prints!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Spring Watercolors
April showers bring May flowers! Use watercolor paints to create your own spring scenes in Betty’s Cabin as we celebrate color returning to our gardens!
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Music Making
Make music and dance to the beat at Betty’s Cabin! Stop by, play, sing, and try out a variety of percussion instruments.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Animal Tracks
Discover the clues that critters leave behind–animal tracks! Join us in Betty’s Cabin to learn about different animal prints, then make and take an animal track of your own.