The Minneapolis Institute of Art, often called Mia, is an art museum at 2400 3rd Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its collection holds more than 90,000 works that together span roughly 5,000 years, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the United States.
What you will find
The range of the collection is the museum's main draw. Visitors can move through objects from many periods and places in a single visit. Among its strengths are:
- Asian art, a broad body of work from across the continent
- Contemporary works, showing art made in more recent decades
- Period rooms, interiors arranged to show how spaces were furnished and decorated in earlier times
Planning a visit
Because the collection is so large, it helps to pick a few galleries in advance rather than trying to see everything. A visit suits anyone interested in art history, in the decorative arts, or simply in seeing how different cultures have made objects over long stretches of time. The period rooms in particular give a sense of daily life that paintings alone may not.
To check current details before you go, you can call the museum at +1-612-870-3000.
The area around it
The museum sits in Minneapolis, a city with a wide mix of cultural institutions, parks and neighbourhoods. Pairing a museum morning with time outdoors or a meal nearby makes for a full day out in the city.