Just for Kids. Passport to Discovery…

Resembling a children’s museum much more than a pediatric hospital, the  University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital is a sight to behold…

Outside, a color metal façade and color-changing LEDs attract the eye, while inside, a “Passport to Discovery” adventure beckons children on a journey throughout the themed floors and corridors to collect stamps on their passports.

Highlighted by different natural habitats on each floor and animal mascots in each clinical area, the interior design strongly ties into this engaging theme.

The building itself consolidates the hospital’s pediatric and inpatient units providing access to pediatric specialists, emergency medicine, critical care, neurosurgery, trauma surgery, orthopedics, and more—all in one location. Amplatz also offers the only children’s dialysis unit in the state of Minnesota.

For a glimpse into the extensive thought, planning, and innovation that went into this $175 million facility, click here.