Spotted these at the Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. Also on display was a thoughtful letter from a 19-year-old to the author (both female). The author’s response was condescending, rude, and oblivious to the changing world of the 1970’s.
Category: Museum
Spoonbridge and Cherry
After cycling past the knockoff Spoonbridge and Cherry skateboard jump ramp last week it was time to revisit the original sculpture.
Hennepin Medical History Center
“Discovered” the Hennepin Medical History Center hidden in a basement of Hennepin County Medical Center
Bell Museum
Visited the new Bell Museum of natural history where I experienced a digital planetarium for the first time.
Twin Cities Model Railway Museum
Decided to cycle to a place I had never seen: the Twin Cities Model Railway Museum in its new location.
Sapporo Beer Museum
At the Sapporo Beer Museum. I’m grateful to be able to hold my beer in more ways than one, two months after surgery.
National Railway Museum
We explored the National Railway Museum.
Easy to Miss
Discovered the “Smallest Museum in St. Paul” in a fire hose cabinet outside Workhorse Cafe, University and Raymond.
Museum of Russian Art
A friend and I cycled to the Museum of Russian Art to explore an exhibition about the Battle of Stalingrad.
Glass Houses and Buried Museums
The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats…… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums