Join us to celebrate the arrival of the We Are Water exhibit with water-based activities, exhibits, and self-led exploration for all ages!
We Are Water MN is a traveling exhibit and community engagement program that builds relationships between people and water. It is an interactive exhibit. There are spaces for people to talk with their neighbors, add their own stories and water actions, and learn from video and audio stories. There are also puzzles, puppets, and kids’ books so the littlest learners can participate too! Learn more about We Are Water here.
Event Schedule:
All-Day Activities: We Are Water Exhibit Exploration, Aquatic Invertebrate Station, Fishing Casting Practice, River Touch Table, Watershed Coloring Sheet, Self-Led Painting
Scheduled Activities:
11 am: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
11:30 am - 1 pm: Migration Movie Showing with Popcorn Provided By Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends
1 pm - 2:30 pm: Guided Painting Session with Outdoor Painters of Minnesota
2:30 pm - 4 pm: Migration Movie Showing with Popcorn Provided By Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends
We Are Water MN is a program of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Humanities Center in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society; the Board of Water and Soil Resources; the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources; and University of Minnesota Extension.
It is funded by the Clean Water Fund, part of the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.
This is a Find Your Wild event celebrating National Wildlife Refuge week. Learn more information here.
Questions? Contact MinnesotaValley@fws.gov or call (952) 854-5900 (press 1 to reach Visitor Services).
Date and Time: Saturday, October 11th from 10:30 am - 4 pm
Location: Meet us throughout the Bloomington Education and Visitor Center
3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN 55425
Registration Information: There is no registration for this event.
Activity Level: This event is largely indoors, with the opportunity to move throughout the visitor center to various locations and activities.
What to Bring: Comfortable clothing is recommended.
Accessibility: Accessibility at Bloomington Visitor Center:
Restrooms and water fountains are located inside the visitor center. Handicap parking and drop-off available. Visitor center is flat aggregate or carpeted flooring with ramps to access all areas. There are benches and rest areas around the visitor center.
Hillside and Spur trails are natural surface with has steep slopes, with a wooden staircase for a portion of it. Long Meadow Lake trail is accessed via these sloped trails, but itself is mostly flat and is natural surface. Depending on seasonal trail conditions, natural surface paths may be muddy (summer) or snowy (winter) and may not always be suitable for strollers or wheelchairs. There are no benches in the trail area. Trailheads are a 0.1-0.2 mile distance from the parking lot.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to these events for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, close captioning, or other accommodation needs at least ten business days before the event to Oscar Hernandez at oscar_hernandez@fws.gov.