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Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is a museum in Minneapolis, MN, part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul guide. Cost: under $25. Sculpture Garden free and open year-round.

725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN 55403 · Minneapolis, MN

Why you should go…

The Walker is one of the nation's top contemporary art museums, and right next door sits Minneapolis's unofficial logo: the giant Spoonbridge and Cherry fountain in the free 11-acre Sculpture Garden. Snap the photo everyone snaps, then head inside for boundary-pushing galleries, film and design. Garden at golden hour is a classic date move.

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What's around here?

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Spoonbridge and Cherry
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