In 2014, the Museum co-presented a pop-up gallery in downtown Minneapolis as part of the Made Here project of Hennepin Theatre Trust [5] In 2015, the Museum celebrated its gallery's 2nd Anniversary with a community celebration featuring Somali performers from around the world, including Fadumo Nakruuma, Hodan Nalayeh, and Nasteexo Indho.

The Somali Museum offers programs classes in cultural education through weaving, dance and poetry, as well as touring exhibitions and outreach events in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area.

Its galleries feature exhibits of milk and water vessels, weaving, artifacts associated with women's work and care for camels, and religious items.

Other notable Somali guests to the Somali Museum include former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, former Minister of Defense of Somalia Hussein Arab Isse, singer Cadar Kahin, singer Maryam Mursal, singer Aar Maanta, fashion model Halima Aden, rapper K'naan, entrepreneur Amina Moghe Hersi and poet Said Salah Ahmed.

Senator Al Franken, Mayor of Minneapolis Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame, U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district Ilhan Omar and Minnesota State Representative Karen Clark.

The Somali Museum was housed in the Plaza Verde, a building owned and maintained by the Neighborhood Development Center, a non-profit small business incubator based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Performance artists Ifrah Mansour, Abdihakin BR, Naima Jookar, Mohamed Pracetimool, Safiya Tusmo, Abdijibar Alkhaliji, Hodan Abidrahman, Dalmar Yare, Rahma Rose, Ilkacase Qays, Anab Indho-Dheeq, Farhiyo Kabayare, Osman Bullo, Ahmed Ali Egal, Hibo Nura, Khadija Abdullahi Daleys and Aadar Kahin have also presented at events.

The Somali Museum's logo, which depicts a dhiil, or traditional nomadic milk vessel, was designed by Kaamil Haider.