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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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!
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.
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.
Students get in free which is a huge plus, I’d prefer less contemporary/modernized art and videos as they don’t quite fit the aesthetic of the beautiful cultural and vintage piece. MIA has similar, more interesting exhibits and much more space. Regardless, it’s nice for its area and complemented by the sculpture garden just across the street.
We played mini golf, fun family fun. Then walked the sculpture garden. Beautiful art to be seen and the flowers and vegetation is spectacular.
To anyone reading this – The Walker Art Center is free on Thursday evenings. The Keith Haring exhibition was amazing! It featured audio and visual pieces on display with everything from subway graffiti to music videos by the NYC Peech Boys and even a Basquiat tribute.
Even though MIA is my favorite by far due to personal tastes in artistic expression. Walker still is worth a visit every now and then. You can go the first Saturday of each month for a free admission ticket.
