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Home to 100,000 works spanning 5,000 years of world history. Admission is always free.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is one of the leading comprehensive fine-art museums in the country. In a beautiful landmark building near downtown Minneapolis, the museum houses more than 100,000 works of art, representing more than 5,000 years of world art and culture. Free daily museum admission!

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05/31/2026

The Meet at Mia Summer Series kicks off this Thursday in the courtyard! Enjoy a performance by NUNNABOVE, make art with Mia teaching artists, head to the Print Study Room to see unique summertime prints, toast with a drink, grab a snack from a food truck, and more.

📆 Thursday, June 4th, 5–9 pm. FREE.
🎵 Groove with NUNNABOVE, 6 pm
🎨 Make art with Akiko Ostlund
🎨 Create with Laura Wennstrom
🖼️ View unique art in the Print Study Room
🍟 Eat ParraLily Food Truck, 5–8 pm
🍪 Enjoy Unbakeable Food Truck, 5–8 pm

Join us for the Meet at Mia Summer Series (nearly) every Thursday this summer. It’s always free, no tickets required.

05/30/2026

On Sunday, June 7th at 2 pm, Mia welcomes three professors from the University of Minnesota to the stage for a public discussion of “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.” Tickets are going fast, get yours for free: https://bit.ly/4vi93ym

Tom Rassieur, Mia’s John E. Andrus III Curator of Prints and Drawings, along with Priyanka Basu, Katerina Korola, and Matthias Rothe from the U of M, dive into the turbulent period that saw the rise of new styles of art in a political environment that included imperialism, revolution, democracy, fascism, war, and genocide. Taking on issues such as the intertwined nature of politics and aesthetics, the relationship of painting to other art forms, ambiguity in art, and the idea of the New Woman, this conversation promises to be a lively exchange.

Image: George Grosz, German (active United States), 1893–1959. Pillars of Society (detail), 1926. Oil on canvas. EL2026.2.52. © Neue Nationalgalerie, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

05/29/2026

The Meet at Mia Summer Series kicks off Thursday, June 4th. Party in the courtyard (nearly) every Thursday this summer! Each week features live music, art making, and unique food & drinks. Admission is always free, no tickets required.

Artists performing this summer:
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Check out all the event details at the link in our bio.

05/28/2026

Join special guest chef Christina Nguyen of Hai Hai and Hola Arepa for the next Art & Dining After Dark at Mia. She’s preparing a multi-course dinner with brand new dishes inspired by her recent travels to Southeast Asia.

Mia’s Art & Dining After Dark series features a special art-inspired culinary adventure after hours in the galleries, alongside wine pairings curated by Bill Summerville and insights from Mia’s director and curators.

It’s Wednesday, June 3rd, 6-9 pm. Complimentary valet is included and your purchase supports the museum’s mission. Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4lHJ3st

05/25/2026

“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” ✨ now on view on the third floor.

For as long as there have been cameras, photographers have trained their lenses upon the human form: our heads, shoulders, knees, toes, and much more. The body is an expressive instrument, able to convey meaning through the smallest of gestures: a flick of the wrist, a purse of the lips, a bow from the waist.

Drawn from Mia’s permanent collection, all of the print photography in this show invites us to revel in the wonder of our corporeal nature—our vast capacities for communication, even in stillness, to manifest joy, playfulness, sorrow, alienation, and many other emotions through bodily signs and signatures. See it for free through November 1.

05/24/2026

Join us this Thursday for Meet at Mia: Echoes through Time

Celebrate American Indian Month at the museum. DJ Shawn Doe provides the soundtrack for your evening. Take free guided tours of artwork from Indigenous artists. Attend a talk about Mia’s exhibition “Containing Multitudes.” Enjoy bites from Trickster Tacos.

Thursday, May 28, 5–9 pm. Free, no tickets required.

Image: Openings, Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape (detail), 1993 by George Morrison

05/22/2026

Georgia O'Keeffe's "City Night" has a new frame! Check it out in gallery 378.

This reproduction frame is inspired by the silver "clamshell" frame design that O'Keeffe frequently used in the 1920s. It is a gift of the Douglas and Mary Olson Frame Acquisition Fund.

05/21/2026

Recent conservation of the Pillsbury Owl was entrusted to Japanese conservator Keisuke Sugimoto, widely respected for his expertise in restoring Chinese bronze masterpieces for museums and private collectors. This conservation work on the owl revealed some things we didn’t previously know about this significant work. Read more about the conservation: https://bit.ly/4uqYPvK

Restored and resilient, the owl is back on its perch in gallery 214.

05/19/2026

“Teen Perspectives: Yesterday and Today” is now on view. This exhibition features artwork by Twin Cities high school students exploring the connection between art and wellness.

The teen artists look at how mental and behavioral health, identity, and creativity have been linked over time, and how people today use creative tools to heal, express themselves, and care for their communities. They met with artist-mentors at Mia for seven weeks this winter. Alexandra Beaumont, Shea Maze, and BakiBakiBaki shared their experiences and approaches to art making and contributed their own works to the exhibition. Facilitator Lissa Karpeh provided art therapy directives, or prompts, to guide the creative process. See it for free on the first floor through August 30th.

Pictured:
Untitled by Ellie Gaffney
Foundation by Estrella Vail Perez
Untitled by MJ Hasty

Funding for this project is provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, as part of its commitment to investing in community-led solutions so everyone has the opportunity to achieve their healthiest life.

05/18/2026

On May 28, join us for a lecture and conversation about Mia's "Containing Multitudes” exhibition featuring Makeda Best, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California Art, and Casey Riley, Chair of Global Contemporary Art at Mia.

Like other American thinkers of the 19th century, Walt Whitman, through his writing, poetry, and the production of his own likenesses, envisioned an almost divine role for the daguerreotype—that its material and pictorial properties could contribute to a broader cultural project to recover proof of and to promote the validity of the nation’s providential origins and divine mission. Whitman declared himself devoted to “what is real about America”—to the people whose diversity of skills were literally constructing the nation in their image. This lecture draws on the photographs featured in “Containing Multitudes” to explore the omissions and legacies of visions such as Whitman’s, and the ways practitioners have envisioned and interpreted their truths about America and its promise.

Thursday, May 28 at 6 pm. Learn more and get free tickets: https://artsmia.link/3ROcNsM

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