The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of the best choices in art museums throughout the region. This museum is located right in the heart of the Twin Cities on Hennepin Avenue. Visitors from around the world come to see this museum, and rightly so. It is highly regarded as one of the finest museums that the country has to offer in contemporary art media.
Perhaps one of the most well known features about the Walker Art Center is that its management is quick to make decisions so that the best, the most controversial and the most in demand exhibits are available here. A large variety of traveling exhibitions are on display throughout the year. In addition, there is a large collection of art including prints and paintings, multi media productions, sculptures and much more. Each of these collections is displayed in one of the nine white walled galleries located throughout the building. These white walls wash out the backdrop, giving each piece a very unique ability to make its own statement. The galleries are large allowing for larger or smaller exhibits comfortably.
Some of the collection pieces found here including well known and little known artists such as Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Franz Marc and Joan Mitchell. There is a theater here as well as a variety of performances. Classes and workshops take place along with lectures and guest speakers. Visitors are able to enjoy the Walker Book Shop for gifts, and a cafeteria on the grounds as well. Visiting hours change often.
