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- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
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- Mill City Museum
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- Guthrie Theater
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- Half Day to Full Day. TIME TO SPEND. No trip to the Land of 10,000 Lakes is complete without a stroll around some of the metro area's most popular.
- Museums, Free. TYPE. 2 hours to Half Day. Sheltering more than 90,000 works of art that span more than 5,000 years, the Minneapolis Institute of Art is the place to go if you're an art aficionado.
- Free, Parks and Gardens, Recreation. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours.
- Museums, Free, Parks and Gardens. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours.
- Hit the Shops at the Mall of America. If you're more interested in shopping than museums and parks, then head straight for the Mall of America. This mega-mall has over 520 shops that are more than happy to help you part with your hard-earned cash.
- Stroll through Minnehaha Regional Park. To the southeast of the city, extending along the banks of the Mississippi, is Minnehaha Park. This city treasure is home to the 53-foot-high Minnehaha Falls, as well as statues of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, the chief characters in Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha.
- Minneapolis Institute of Art. The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has a large collection of works from many countries and in many styles, including pictures by European masters such as Rubens and Rembrandt.
- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden displays sculptures of the Walker Art Center in a lovely 19-acre urban green space. One of the most famous pieces is Claes Oldenburg's Spoonbridge and Cherry.
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Mill City Museum
- Stone Arch Bridge
- Walker Art Center
- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
- Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
- Guthrie Theater
- Chain of Lakes Regional Park
- Minnesota History Center
- Minnehaha Regional Park
Heaven for anyone with a love for art, the Mia has wide-ranging catalogue of more than 80,000 works, spanning five millennia and different regions of the world. There’s an inspiring collection of Asian art, one of the best in the United States, comprising bronzes, samurai armour, jades, ceramics and Chinese architectural elements. You can check out...
A great first stop for the Mississippi riverside and the water-powered industry that it spawned in the 19th century, Mill City Museum is in the ruins of the Washburn A Mill complex, dating to 1880. At that time this was thought to be the largest flour mill in the world. In these galleries you can find out about the groundbreaking milling process th...
The railroad entrepreneur James J. Hill built this bridge across the Mississippi for his Great Northern Railway in the early 1880s. Stone Arch Bridge connected the railway system on the east bank to the Union Depot, which opened not far from the west bank in 1885, boosting passenger numbers for this successful project. It’s the second-oldest surviv...
A multidisciplinary contemporary art centre with 10 galleries, a theatre, cinema, a cafe and restaurant, the Walker Art Centre is on a 17 acre campus first drawn up by Edward Larrabee Barnes and opened in 1971. Barnes’ building was given a $67m makeover and expansion in the 2000s, and in 2017 was united with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which ...
When the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden was tied to the Walker Art Center in 2017 it took its place as one of the largest urban sculpture gardens in the United States. This rambling space, with avenues and formal hedges is framed by the Basilica of Saint Mary and the skyscrapers of downtown Minneapolis. The showpiece is the Spoonbridge and Cherry fou...
The only national park devoted solely to the Mississippi runs through Minneapolis and Saint Paul on the banks of the river, forming a 72-mile green corridor between Dayton and Ramsey, MN and Hastings, MN. The riverbanks in Minneapolis and Saint Paul are littered with museums, historical monuments and lots of densely wooded parkland. Being a nationa...
The famed theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie founded this acclaimed producing theatre in 1963. The Guthrie Theatre, which moved to its formidable Jean Nouvel-designed facility on the Mississippi riverside in 2006, has a resident company and produces an assortment of contemporary and classic plays on three stages, raising the bar for performance...
Fair to say that Minneapolis’s lakes are a feather in the city’s cap. In the 19th century the lakeshores were left free of development and remained public property, and the land around Brownie Lake, Cedar Lake, Lake of Isles, Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet merges into one regional park. At that time the Chain of Lakes was rather lyrically described ...
You can satisfy your curiosity about all things Minnesota at this museum and library in the state capital, Saint Paul. The Minnesota History Center is in a purpose-built complex, from 1992, and shines a light on the state, its history and people, with thoughtfully realised exhibitions. Open House: If These Walls Could Talk presents a recreated 19th...
A patch of untamed wilderness minutes from downtown Minneapolis, Minnehaha Regional Park is on the lower reaches of the Minnehaha Creek. This 22-mile tributary of the Mississippi winds through the city for 22 miles via several lakes. In the limestone environment of Minnehaha Regional Park things get dramatic. About 3/4 of a mile before the creek em...
- Run, walk, bike, or people watch along the Chain of Lakes—including the three most popular, Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska, and Lake Harriet.
- Cross country ski, snowboard, snow tube, or snowshoe in the winter recreation area at Theodore Wirth Park—equipment rental and lessons are available. In the summer, explore the 3700-year-old Quaking Bog loop hiking trail or the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary.
- Enjoy a scenic walk through Loring Park—it’s the Central Park of downtown Minneapolis.
- Overlook the St. Anthony Falls from the Guthrie’s Endless Bridge that jets over the Mississippi.
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