Minneapolis, United States

Walker Art Center

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, founded in 1879 as the personal collection of lumberman T. B. Walker, is one of the most active multidisciplinary contemporary art centers in the United States, presenting visual art, performance, dance, film, and design. The current building by Edward Larrabee Barnes (1971) was extended in 2005 with a faceted aluminum-mesh wing by Herzog & de Meuron. Across the street, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden — anchored by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Spoonbridge and Cherry — extends the museum into the city.

The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the U.S.: together with the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Cowles Conservatory, it has an annual attendance of around 700,000 visitors. The museum's permanent collection includes over 13,000 modern and contemporary art pieces, including books, costumes, drawings, media works, paintings, photography, prints, and sculpture. Source: Wikipedia