445 Past Events at Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

Come listen to Shaun Dingwerth, Executive Director of the Richmond Art Museum in Richmond, Indiana, and this year's Juror for the 33rd Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show, share the plans for the RAM’s 125th anniversary.

Discover the clues that critters leave behind–animal tracks! Join us in Betty’s Cabin to learn about different animal prints, then make and take an animal track of your own.

Looking to find more clues? Stop by the Mindbender Mansion exhibit in our Center Building to put your detective skills to use!

Presented by Patterson Block

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more in the Center Building at Minnetrista.

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more in the Center Building at Minnetrista.

Make music and dance to the beat at Betty’s Cabin! Stop by play, sing, and try out a variety of percussion instruments.

Presented by Patterson Block

Join James Edwards, Minnetrista’s Horticulture Manager, to learn more about our spring flowers and the beauty they bring to Minnetrista’s grounds. From native ephemerals to bulbs from around the world. Discover the horticultural gems and jewels of the spring gardens, get a sneak peek of the tulip displays, and hear about the planting of over 10,000 bulbs last fall.

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more in the Center Building at Minnetrista.

March 22; 10 a.m.–Noon, 1–3 p.m., 4–6 p.m. 
Free community event
Pre-registration recommended

Who’s ready for an adventure? Bring your family and friends for a day full of adventures at Minnetrista! This free community event is open to the whole family. With so much being offered, the day is a choose-your-own-adventure opportunity. The various activities create space for learning, active family participation, and fun! Spend a beautiful spring day at Minnetrista.

Event partner eKeeper Systems

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more in the Center Building at Minnetrista.

Things are getting egg-citing at Minnetrista, and you’re invited to a Glass Easter Egg Hunt in Oakhurst Gardens. Grab your family and get ready to search the garden for your own piece of glass art to purchase. Don’t want to hunt for your egg? Come into the Ed Center for the Annual Spring Glass Sale in partnership with Ball State University Glass Guild.

April 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 8–11 a.m.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for special volunteer days to help maintain our beautiful gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing the soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

April 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 8–11 a.m.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for special volunteer days to help maintain our beautiful gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing the soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for a special volunteer day to help maintain our beautiful gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing the soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Free community event

Registration deadline: March 23

Join Minnetrista and Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning for this unique design workshop. Kids will learn more about designing through hands-on experience by creating their own faerie buildings. This is the perfect opportunity for children to harness their imaginations and create fantastic things!

For kindergarten through fifth graders & their caregiver adults.

April 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 8–11 a.m.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for special volunteer days to help maintain our beautiful gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing the soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Play is the first way we learn; it continues to be the best way throughout our lives. Join George Buss, Former VP of Visitor Experience at Minnetrista, and Paul Gestwicki from Ball State University as they share about the partnership between their two organizations. They will talk about how their community partnership helps students explore Minnetrista through game design and the projects that have come from it, like the “Canning Heroes” game in the Oakhurst home!

April 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 8–11 a.m.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for special volunteer days to help maintain our beautiful gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing the soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more in the Center Building at Minnetrista.

April showers bring May flowers! Use watercolor paints to create your own spring scenes in Betty’s Cabin as we celebrate color returning to our gardens!

Presented by Patterson Block

Free community event

Oakhurst home

The Human Library Project features human "books" that visitors can borrow for conversation. The Library provides a framework to inspire positive conversations that reduce stereotypes and prejudice through dialogue. Join us for the opportunity to talk to people who are different from you in a setting where difficult questions are expected, appreciated, and answered.

The Oakhurst Experience will be closed on April 16. The Oakhurst home will be open for the Human Library Project event from 1-4 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free community event.