teachers in the state has evolved into a center for leadership development training that serves school districts, universities, and informal education organizations around the country. Special exhibitions The museum hosts several special exhibitions a year, with past exhibitions having included: When Crocodiles Ruled (2000) Mysteries of Catalhoyuk (2001) Playing with Time (2002) Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (2002) Robots and Us (2004) Seasons of Life and Land (2004) Invention at Play (2005) Strange Matter (2006) Body Worlds (2006) Animal Grossology (2006) Race: Are We So Different? (2007) Wild Music (2007) A Day in Pompeii (2007) Deadly Medicine (2008) Animation (2008) Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination (2008) CSI: The Experience (2008) Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear (2009) Water (2009) Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition (2009) The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World (2010) Geometry Playground (2010) Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs (2011) Identity: An Exhibit of YOU (2011) Nature Unleashed (2011) Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship (2012) Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets Modern Science (2012) Body Worlds & The Cycle of Life (2013) Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed (2013) Ultimate Dinosaurs (2014) Design Zone (2014) Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience (2015) Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs (2016) Mindbender Mansion (2016) Mythic Creatures (2017) The Science Behind Pixar (2017) Mazes (2017) The Machine Inside: Biomechanics (2018) Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks (2018) Game Changers (2019) Inventing Genius (2019) Apollo: When We Went to the Moon (2020) Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity (2021) The Bias Inside Us (2021) Memberships The Science Museum of Minnesota is a member of the Association of Science-Technology Centers, the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Children’s Museums, and the Giant Screen Cinema Association. It is a founding member of NISE Net and participates in NanoDays. Education The museum also has an extensive STEM learning division. In addition to its summer camp and field trip programs, museum educators are also hosted at various schools throughout the region. The museum has a consistent track record of serving students and teachers in all 87 Minnesota counties each year through field trips, classroom residencies, and large-group assemblies on topics that range from water to engineering. Summer camps serve hundreds of students each year, addressing science, technology, nature, and art themes. In popular culture In 2017, the character Dustin appeared on the popular television show Stranger Things, set