Phillips Aquatics Center The Minneapolis park system’s first indoor swimming facility features six-lane competitive and four-lane teaching pools.

Address

2323 11th Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55404

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Bus, bike, drive, or walk

Contact

Phone: 612-370-4859
Email: aquatics@minneapolisparks.org

Programs & Activities

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Phillips Aquatics Center

Part of: Phillips Community Center
Recreation Center: Phillips Community Center

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Hours of Operation

Open Monday-Thursday 12pm-8pm, Fridays 12pm-6pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm, Closed Sundays

Closing early days listed below:
Christmas Eve – 12:00 – 4:00 PM
New Years Eve – 12:00 – 4:00 PM

Closed the holidays listed below:
New Years Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – New for 2025
Presidents Day – New for 2025
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
4th of July
Labor Day
Indigenous Peoples’ Day – New for 2025
Veterans Day – New for 2025
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Features & Amenities

Facility Amenities

  • The Aquatics center offers year-round indoor swimming, a first for the park system
  • Features 6-lane competition and 4-lane teaching pools
  • Family/all-gender locker rooms, in addition to women’s and men’s locker rooms
  • Diving board, starting blocks, ADA compliant entry for both pools
  • Programs include: swim lessons; open swim for families, seniors, teens; water aerobics; dedicated swim times for a range of groups; and much more

Lessons & Programs

Swimming Lessons

We offer youth swim lessons for various ages and skill levels.

Pre-Level 1: Pre-Level 1 is an introduction swimming lessons for 3 to 5 year olds. Water adjustment and skills involving movement in the water will be taught along with skills for basic forms of swimming and appropriate water safety skills.

Level 1: Level 1 is designed for the non-swimmer ages 5 years and older. Participants orient themselves with the aquatics environment and create a strong foundation to aquatics and safety skills.

Level 2: Level 2 is designed for students to expand on fundamental swimming and safety skills.

Level 3: Level 3 is designed to increase swimming skills and practice non-swimming rescue skills.

Level 4: Level 4 is designed to develop confidence in strokes and safety skills beyond the preceding levels.

Jr. Swim Club: Jr. Swim Club will offer 6 training pods for youth to experience swim team, learning stroke technique, foundations of water safety, discipline, while gaining strength and endurance. Pods practice once a week for 6 weeks. Participants must be able to jump from side of pool, submerge, orientate, and stand in 3.5 ft. of water unassisted. Scholarships are available to Minneapolis residents who qualify. Please call (612) 230-6495 or email aquatics@minneapolisparks.org

Adult Beginner: Adult beginner is an introduction to swimming for adult non-swimmers. Water orientation and stroke skills involving movement in the water will be taught along with skills for basic swimming and water safety.

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Programming

Following MPRB’s mission and philosophy, all programs are based on the following objectives:

  • Promote water safety and teach people of all ages and skill levels to swim
  • Offer citywide programs for recreational, fitness and competitive swimming, including opportunities for school athletics, lifeguard training and swim clubs

*All Programs are Registration Based

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Masters Swim CLOSED 12:30pm-
1:30pm		 12:30pm-
1:30pm		 12:30pm-
1:30pm
Family Swim CLOSED 12pm-
6pm		 1pm-
3pm
Swimming Lessons CLOSED 5:40pm-
6:20pm6:30pm-
7:10pm		 5:40pm-
6:20pm6:30pm-
7:10pm		 5:40pm-
6:20pm6:30pm-
7:10pm		 5:40pm-6:20pm

6:30pm-7:10pm

 10:20am-11:00am

11:30am-11:50am
Jr. Swim Club CLOSED 4:30pm-
5:30pm5:30pm-
6:30pm		 4:30pm-
5:30pm5:30pm-
6:30pm		 4:30pm-
5:30pm5:30pm-
6:30pm		 4:30pm-5:30pm

5:30pm-6:30pm
Lap Swim CLOSED 12pm-12:30pm, 1:30pm-3:30pm, (3:30pm-4:30pm Teaching Pool Only), 5:30-8pm 12pm-3:30pm, (3:30pm-4:30pm Teaching Pool Only), 5:30-8pm 12pm-12:30pm, 1:30pm-3:30pm, (3:30pm-4:30pm Teaching Pool Only), 5:30-6:45pm 12pm-3:30pm, (3:30-4:30pm Teaching Pool Only), 5:30-8pm 12pm-12:30pm, 1:30-3:30pm, (3:30pm-6:00pm Teaching Pool Only) 10am-3pm

Pool Rules & Tips

Pool Rules

  • Swimmers must shower before entering the pool
  • No food, beverages, tobacco, pets or glass allowed in pool facility; no street shoes in pool
  • Toddlers and babies must wear swim diapers
  • Youth ages 9-12 must be accompanied by an adult age 18 or older in the facility
  • Youth 8 years and younger are required to have an adult with them in the water at all times at arm’s length.
  • We require a 1 adult to 4 children ratio for groups with children ages 12 and younger
  • Only United States Coast Guard approved lifejackets may be worn
  • Inflatable articles, balls, and water wings are not allowed
  • Horeseplay, spitting, pushing, running, and any other unsafe behaviors are not allowed
  • During designated water safety breaks, all guests are required to exit the water
  • Staff has the right to remove any individuals in violation of Pool Rules or MPRB and City Ordinances
  • Obey staff and lifeguards at all times
  • Don’t swim if you have open sores or are sick
  • Pool users are responsible for their personal items. The MPRB is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.

Fabrics Allowed:

  • Nylon
  • Lycra
  • Polyester
  • Silicone
  • Latex
  • Swim Diapers
  • White Cotton

Fabrics NOT Allowed:

  • Colored Cotton
  • Denim (Jeans)
  • Leather
  • Wool
  • Corduroy
  • Undergarments
  • Disposable or Cloth Diapers

Admission Rates

Admission Rates

Daily Admission

$5 per guest ages 3 years and older
Guests 2 years and younger are free

*Anyone aged 12 years of younger must be accompanied by an adult (18 and older)

Monthly & Seasonal Passes

$45 / $30* 

  • One month

$129 / $83*

  • Fall: September, October, November
  • Winter: December, January, February
  • Spring: March, April, May

$90 / $45*

  • Summer: June, July, August

$24

  • 10 Visits

*Discount rate for residents of East Phillips, Ventura, Phillips West and Midtown Phillips neighborhoods

Buy a Pass

Passes can be bought in-person at the Aquatics Center front desk during our hours of operations.

About the Aquatics Center

About the Aquatics Center

Phillips Aquatics Center serves as MPRB’s only indoor swimming facility: a “first” that follows the 2015 opening of the Webber Pool, the first natural-filtration pool in the U.S., located in North Minneapolis. The aquatics center offers swim lessons for people of all ages and abilities, along with other, year-round programs and opportunities for recreational, fitness and competitive swimming. It was constructed in 2017-2018 as an expansion and renovation of the Phillips Community Center.

Phillips Aquatics Center was originally known as Phillips Pool and Gym. When it opened in 1987, it included what was then the city’s only community-accessible indoor pool. The MPRB had acquired both the pool and gym facilities from the school board when the surrounding junior high school was demolished. The Boys and Girls Club leased and operated Phillips Pool and Gym for 20 years, but the pool was closed when the club returned the building to the MPRB in 2008.

After a $1.6 million renovation in 2009, the building reopened as the Phillips Community Center, with leasing opportunities for community organizations. Discussions about renovating the pool, which took place among officials from state, city and county governments, the school and park boards and neighborhood organizations, progressed to the planning phase in 2015. Funding to restore the existing pool and add a teaching pool came from numerous sources, including the MPRB, the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis Public Schools, and Hennepin County’s Youth Sports Grant program.

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