Community Education Center

Community Education Center is a school in City of Bloomington, Hennepin, Minnesota. Community Education Center is situated nearby to Lincoln Stadium, as well as near Penn Lake Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Works and Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center.

The Works

Museum

The Works is an interactive children's museum in Bloomington, Minnesota that focuses on technology and engineering. The museum was conceived by Rebecca Schatz, a software engineer who was inspired by a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and by the hands-on technical education for children that she observed during a year as a Luce Scholar in Japan in 1984. The Works is situated 1½ miles southeast of Community Education Center.

Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center

Mosque

Photo: Gobonobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center is a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. On August 5, 2017, Emily Claire Hari, Michael McWhorter, and Joe Morris of Clarence, Illinois detonated an improvised explosive near the mosque, which damaged the structure but no one was hurt, in an effort to scare Muslims into leaving the United States. Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center is situated 2½ miles east of Community Education Center.

Wells Fargo Plaza

Office building

Photo: Tpdwkouaa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wells Fargo Plaza is a high-rise office tower complex located at 7900 Xerxes Avenue in Bloomington, Minnesota in the United States. Standing at 300 feet with 24 stories of Class A rated office space, the main tower is considered one of the more dominant landmarks of Interstate 494. Wells Fargo Plaza is situated 1¼ miles north of Community Education Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloomington and Richfield.