The Works is an interactive children's museum in Bloomington, Minnesota that focuses on technology and engineering.

[1][2] The museum was conceived by Rebecca Schatz, a software engineer who was inspired by a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and by the hands-on technical education for children that she observed during a year as a Luce Scholar in Japan in 1984.

The Works first opened as a gallery exhibition within the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota in 1995, then moved to a series of temporary locations in shopping centers and to the community center in Edina[3] (Ridgedale - 1995–1997, Eden Prairie Center 1997–1999, Southdale 1999–2002, and Edina Cmty.

Center 2003–2011), before finding a larger, permanent home with 40,000 square feet of space in Bloomington in 2011.

[6] Since 2003, The Works has sponsored an annual "Tech Fest".