Nov 03 2009
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
The Weisman Art Museum is another one of those places that we just happened upon. We had taken our bikes into the Cities, parked at St. Anthony Main, and then rode across the Stone Arch Bridge and past Mill City Museum and just kept going. After passing Bohemian Flats, where the remains of the collapsed 35W bridge lay twisted and rusting, we decided to get back to the other side of the river for our return journey.
We crossed the nearest bridge and at its end found ourselves at the Weisman Art Museum, so we parked our bikes and trailers and helmets and went inside to explore.
We wandered through the museum, perusing the exhibits and talking about them. The kids were afraid to go into the replica of an apartment/hotel building with its realistic sounds and smells, but they enjoyed looking at the rest of the exhibits.
Our stay at the Weisman wasn’t long, but it was a good opportunity to see the inside of this building that looks so very interesting from the outside, especially since we didn’t have to worry about navigating the campus streets and finding parking. Our stop at the Weisman was an interesting part of our Minneapolis bike tour.
When my husband was a graduate student at the U of M, I occasionally enjoyed a quick trip to the Weisman… and just driving past it made me happy, actually. Thanks for the fun memories!
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