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Weisman Art Museum

Weisman Art Museum is a museum in Minneapolis, MN, part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul guide. Cost: free.

333 E River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455 · Minneapolis, MN

Why you should go…

Frank Gehry gave the University of Minnesota this crumpled stainless-steel landmark in 1993, its curved facets catching sunsets over the Mississippi from the East Bank bluff. Inside, skylit galleries draw from a 20,000-plus-work collection strong in early American modernism, Marsden Hartley and Alfred Maurer among them, plus a renowned group of traditional Korean furniture. A Gehry-designed 2011 expansion added more gallery space, and admission is always free. Pair a visit with a riverfront walk across the nearby pedestrian bridge.

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