Alissa Light & Heather Walch, the new President and the new Board Chair (respectively) of the Bakken Museum join Access to Democracy host Dr. Richard Logan to tell a little of the history of the Bakken Museum, but mostly discuss the current programming of the little gem on the shore of Lake Bde Maka Ska in southwest Minneapolis. The little museum of electricity and electronic devices, with its famous Frankenstein Room, was founded by Earl Bakken, co-inventor of the life-saving heart pacemaker and also founder of the mighty Medtronic company. Earl cherished the museum and dreamed of its growth. So, the big story is that Earl Bakken’s little gem has evolved in recent years into a powerhouse of STEM education with world-class maker-space classrooms, summer camps, and outreach that impacts school children across the Metro and into every county in the state. Dream fulfilled.
