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According to kids, dads are experts in just about everything. Not because they have all the answers, but because they’re willing to explore the world right alongside them with one question, one experiment, one “watch this!” moment at a time. Kids see dads as scientists, engineers, meteorologists, comedians, and inventors. And honestly? They’re not wrong. Kids know dads are wind experts. Dads are the ones who know exactly how to angle a kite, how to block the gust that keeps blowing the...

At the Grand Forks Children’s Museum, community isn’t something that happens inside four walls. It’s something we build together… out in parks, libraries, coffee shops, and anywhere families gather to learn, play, and connect. Even when school doors close for the summer, learning doesn’t slow down. Kids keep exploring, creating, and asking big questions, and we’re right there with them. While our future home is still taking shape, the museum is already alive and moving throughout the region,...

When children play, it can look wonderfully simple: blocks stacked into improbable towers, water swirling through a maze of tubes, paint splashed across a page in colors only a child would dare to combine. Yet, beneath that joyful chaos, something remarkable is happening. Play is not a break from learning. Play is learning. Hands‑on exploration is one of the most powerful tools we can give growing minds. As construction moves forward on the Grand Forks Children’s Museum, with the foundation...