The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is a renowned contemporary art museum featuring innovative exhibits, performances, and film screenings. With its adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, home to the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry, it’s a must-see cultural destination in the Twin Cities.
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Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
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We visited on a free Thursday night and had a great experience! The contemporary collection is impressive, with a diverse range of thought-provoking works. Since we visited in February, the rooftop was closed, and it was too cold to explore the sculpture garden, but I’m looking forward to returning in the summer to see more. I would recommend it for art lovers for sure!
I love photographing at the Walker Art Center! I’ve photographed there for vow renewals as well as with full wedding parties and the place is magical. The Skyline room is perfect for a ceremony or reception and the Minneapolis sculpture garden, just steps away, is stunning. As an added benefit, you have Loring Park just across the road for even more photographic opportunities! I love photographing there and look forward to being there again soon!
I have been to WAC before but the beautiful thing about art museums like this is they change exhibits. I enjoyed the interactive exhibit where you were invited to draw what home is to you.
Wow, this museum is bustling with activity and such beautiful displays and cool lighting, so much to see, and I never got tired walking around. Highly recommend going on Thursdays when there is happy hour and they stay open till 9 pm. Sculpture gardens were great. Went to Sculpture gardens in New Orleans, and this one was very similar, but different too. Both are great.
Beautiful building and grounds. I love to start at the top floor and work my way down to the lobby. Highly recommend visiting in summer when you can walk the sculpture grounds!
Great contemporary art museum! I visited for the first time during the Keith Haring exhibition and it was awesome. The museum is very spacious with several galleries. It’s a clean, modern and inviting space. It’s also pretty easily accessible with an elevator spanning all floors. I definitely will be back for future exhibitions and to try out the mini golf they have on the rooftop!
Loved this museum! It’s very beautiful and the perfect size. We were here for the Keith Haring exhibit and they had a picture of him in a sweatshirt that said Walker because he had visited. It makes me emotional and sad to think of how much his art would have continued to evolve had he lived. He was breaking into these sculptural and huge ambient pieces towards the end of his life and I wonder if he would have done more of that, or where he would’ve gone next. Gone too soon. In any case the museum is also located in a beautiful area and the hill beside it is art in and of itself. We were impressed by their permanent collection as well as the other exhibits they had. Very well curated and an awesome time overall. One of those situations where the building is intriguing in and of itself. The sculpture garden or whatever you want to call it is right across the road. Really good time. I love contemporary art.
Due to my limited time in Minnesota, I am unable to go to the museum as it opens only on wed.
But I am able to explore the architecture of it outside. It has my fav contemporary pop artist Keith haring work in it.
The space seems to be nicely curated with view on the outside facing the sculptural garden.
Would love to visit it next time and see the work in the museum.
