This charming museum explores the relationship between electricity and life. Exhibits include antique quack medical devices designed to "shock" sick people back to health, the earliest electrocardigram machines, and a Theramin, which is an electronic musical instrument played by moving your hands around in an electric field.
There is also a collection of electric fish and eels, and an exhibit devoted to the story of the Frankenstein monster. The multi-media portion of the Frankenstein exhibit may be too intense for small children, but my 10 year old found it delightfully spooky.
The Bakken is housed in a beautiful old mansion on Lake Calhoun.