About Otter Cove

Otter Cove Children’s Museum will be a vibrant educational and cultural institution offering learning experiences through physical play, artistic exploration and imagination. Children and families will gather here to experience the joy of discovery through play. Everything is hands-on and interactive, and children can explore at their own pace in their own way alongside their caregivers. Exhibits can be touched, played with, climbed on, crawled through and experimented with in any way a child likes. School groups will come to enhance classroom education, pre-schools and daycares will engage in field trip opportunities, birthday parties will be hosted in the space, and young professionals will see a top-notch children’s museum as another reason to move to the region.  

An indoor play space will also allow children and families a place to go on cold and rainy days to stimulate young minds and release physical energy. In northern Minnesota, indoor play spaces are a necessity during the long winter months. Not only will this space benefit the physical health of parents and children but also their mental health.

Otter Cove Children’s Museum is in the process of becoming a 501(c)3 by the State of Minnesota.