List of museums in Minnesota

Current museums

Defunct museums

• Arches Museum of Pioneer Life, Lewiston. Collection transferred to the Rural Heritage Museum in St. Charles.
• Arrowhead Bluffs Museum, Wabasha. Closed in October 2011. Displayed hunting trophies, antique rifles, and Native American artifacts.
• Baseball Museum, Minneapolis. Baseball memorabilia collected by a Minnesota Twins equipment manager and displayed in a souvenir shop near the Metrodome. Closed in 2015.
• College of Visual Arts Gallery, Saint Paul. Gallery space of the former College of Visual Arts, which closed in 2013.
• Grand Mound History Center, near International Falls. Interpreted the prehistoric Grand Mound.
• Le Sueur County Historical Society Museum, Elysian.
• Mikkelson Collection, Willmar. Collection auctioned off in 2012.
• Midwest Music Museum, Bloomington. Was located at the Mall of America, no current information.
• Minnesota African American Museum, Minneapolis.  Started in October 2012 in the historic Coe Mansion but never fully opened to the public. It was to display exhibits surrounding Minnesota’s African-American community.
• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Minneapolis. Closed in 2002 and collection transferred to the Science Museum of Minnesota.
• Planes of Fame East Air Museum, Eden Prairie. A WWII aviation museum that housed a collection of 30+ historic, flyable airplanes. Closed in 1997. Most airplanes transferred to the Palm Springs Air Museum.
• Rifle Sport Gallery, Minneapolis. An underground art space open 1985-1988 on Block E.
• Sinclair Lewis Interpretive Center, Sauk Centre. Property sold for development in 2016, collection moved to Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home and temporary storage.
• Soderlund Pharmacy Museum, St. Peter. Medical instruments, pharmacological products, and show globes, plus a 1911 soda fountain, housed in a working drugstore. Closed as of 2014.
• Spicer's Classic Car Museum, Chisholm. No current information.
• Story Lady Doll & Toy Museum, Albert Lea. When it closed in 2010, the collection was moved to the Freeborn County Historical Museum.
• TRACES Center for History and Culture, Landmark Center, Saint Paul. Interpreted the prisoner of war experience, closed November 2008.