So Minnesota: Weisman Art Museum

It’s a Minneapolis museum not solely recognized for its spectacular artwork assortment however the constructing it’s situated in as effectively.

Three a long time in the past, the Weisman Artwork Museum on the campus of the College of Minnesota created a wave of controversy for its steel exterior.

“Folks like it or hate it, proper,?” mentioned Susannah Schouweiler with the museum. “It’s form of a polarizing design.”

Based in 1934 as College Gallery, the museum moved to its present constructing in 1993 and was renamed in honor of artwork collector and philanthropist Frederick Weisman.

“They’re going to seek out numerous mid-century modernist paintings,” Schouweiler mentioned. “They’re going to seek out numerous American artists, numerous Minnesota artists. There are greater than 40,000 items within the assortment.”

The attention-catching shiny constructing was designed by internationally famend architect Frank Gehry.

“It’s a gem within the crown of the College of Minnesota,” Schouweiler mentioned. “We’re tremendous happy with it.”

The constructing has now turn into a Twin Cities landmark.