This exhibition looks at the movie theatres of Hennepin County through photographs, newspaper coverage, and artifacts. The exhibition will beset against a backdrop of vintage movie magazines from the...

To see these murals, walk to the back of the building or drive down the alley.

This installation was last on view 20 years ago. Part of a series of powerful and temporary works the artist created using oblique planes of translucent scrim fabric, it was commissioned by the Walker...

Highlights and hidden secrets of the Walker's contemporary art collections are presented in a lively sequence of rotations that unfold throughout the exhibition's run. Inspired by the idea of the...

Carl Ludwig Boeckmann, with his fiery red beard and flowing tie, was born in Christiania Norway on 29 jANUARY 1867. In 1905, at the age of 38, he settled permanently in Hennepin County but continued...

This Hennepin History Museum exhibition looks at growing up in Hennepin County through a series of "time stations" that examine educating, entertaining, dressing, and putting children to work. You...

This exhibition gives patrons a chance to examine something we sometimes forget: while traditions of the past might seem strangely different, peoplewill always be the same. Then...as now...people want...

A reminder that all art was at one time contemporary, this exhibition is inspired both by the Walker's history and the serendipity with which works come together in its storage vaults. More than 75...

The year 2009 marks the 80th anniversary of the American Swedish Institute, founded in 1929 by Swedish immigrant Swan J. Turnblad. This holiday season, this important anniversary is celebrated with a...

The 'Touch & See Room' is a place where you can find the answers to your questions about the natural world. Investigate wondrous objects, from a 10,000-year-old wooly mammoth tusk to a life-sized...

The grocery lists and dining tables of people around the globe are the subject of this provocative exhibit based on the national best selling book by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio. 'Hungry Planet'...

An acute exposition of social realities in China, Zhao's large-scale video environment depicts the interior of a dormitory for construction workers. One side of the space shows sleeping men; the...

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is located on Vineland Place, across from the Walker Art Center. The 11-acre garden is a joint project of the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation...

Two floors of dioramas display all of Minnesota's habitats, along with the birds, animals, plants and insects that populate the state. Learn animal facts, observe animal behavior, and find out how...

This exhibit offers a view of the rainforest canopy from two aerial walkways.

See how everyday life has been shaped by electrification through artifacts, photos, first-hand accounts, early advertisements and film from the 1880s through the 1950s. The exhibit recounts the...

The fabled Silk Road spanned several thousand miles, connecting East and West, stretching from China and India to Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean Sea. For two millennia, exotic goods...

'Matryoshka: The Russian Nesting Doll,' features Matryoshkas on loan from a private collector in San Francisco. These brightly painted wooden objects have become a symbol of Russia and Russian folk...

Photographer Jerry Mathiason and Mill City Museum embarked on a project during the state sesquicentennial in 2008 to document change on the Minneapolis riverfront, selecting historic photos from the...