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Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
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333 E. River Road Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-9494 

http://www.wam.umn.edu  

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333 E. River Road Minneapolis MN 55455

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  • Sun,Sat 11am-5pm, Tue,Thu,Fri 10am-5pm, Wed 10am-8pm
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A permanent collection of American art as well as traveling exhibits. A variety of music, film, lectures and other events.








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  • Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

    Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

    By Camille LeFevre | Wed, January 30, 2013

    The Minnesota Museum of American Art, formerly housed in multiple locations throughout St. Paul, has been homeless since 2009. The museum's formidable collection of 4,000 works, however, continues to speak for the historic institution --... More »

  • Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba

    Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba

    By Camille LeFevre | Wed, October 10, 2012

    Former South African photojournalist Guy Tillim long ago abandoned the action shot, preferring to show the aftermath of post-colonialism in Africa. This Friday, he'll Skype in to the Science Teaching and Student Services Building at the U of M to... More »

  • Tenuous, Though Real: Minnesota Artists in the Collection

    Tenuous, Though Real: Minnesota Artists in the Collection

    By Camille LeFevre | Wed, June 27, 2012

    Now that the Weisman Art Museum has settled nicely into its Frank Gehry-designed expansion, the gem of architecture and art is resuming its summer exhibitions program that focuses on Minnesota artists. This can mean almost anything, hence the... More »

  • Northern Spark

    Northern Spark

    By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, June 06, 2012

    Brew up some strong coffee and get ready to stay up all night as Northern Spark is returning to the Twin Cities for its second year. The sprawling event will be contained to five quadrants in Minneapolis — downtown, University, Stone Arch Bridge,... More »

  • Snow White/No White Fashion Show

    Snow White/No White Fashion Show

    By Tatiana Craine | Wed, April 25, 2012

    Fairytales are definitely in these days, from the onslaught of Snow White-themed movies hitting theaters this year, to local fashion and burlesque shows inspired by fairytales, to City Pages' recent Best Of issue tracking the enchanted aspects of... More »

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  • 2012 | Best Museum

    The Weisman's extravagantly fanciful stainless steel facade, designed by Frank Gehry, has always been an artwork unto itself, but there are now more reasons than ever to see the art inside the museum. WAM completed a major expansion last October -- also designed by Gehry -- that added more than 8,000 square feet of exhibition space to the main floor. Several new galleries give the museum twice as much room to show off the 17,000 works of mostly modern American art from its... More »

  • 2009 | Best Museum

    When the Republican National Convention rolled into town last year, some places closed their doors, while others became exclusive; if you didn't know someone important, you weren't getting in. During that brief period, the Weisman Art Museum did the opposite: It kicked it up a notch. During the RNC, the museum hosted a variety of activities associated with Unconvention, a movement that organized activities during the RNC and encouraged people to explore their political beliefs, voice... More »

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