The Bell Museum: YOUR state natural history museum
Apr 13, 2021
Dr. Denise Young, Executive Director
The Bell Museum: YOUR state natural history museum

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Dr. Denise Young has been the executive director of the Bell Museum, Minnesota’s state museum of natural history and a unit of the University of Minnesota, since 2016. She began her career in science education as a classroom teacher, and she moved to museum education and leadership upon reflecting on how important museums were to her students, colleagues, and community. Before coming to Minnesota to lead the Bell, Denise served as director of education and planning at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where she led planetarium production, exhibit and program development, community outreach, and long-range institutional planning. The Bell Museum’s $79 million award-winning new facility opened under her watch in 2018, and she proudly leads a talented team of scientists, educators, and designers committed to inspiring awe, curiosity, and understanding of the natural world.