Minneapolis Institute of Art
A large art museum that often features seasonal exhibits and decorations, making it a potential location for finding holiday-related items during a scavenger hunt.
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9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Minneapolis Institute of Art
Welcome, distinguished guests and curious minds, to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, affectionately known by the local community as Mee-ah. As you stand before the grand neoclassical facade of this magnificent institution, take…
Listen in the app2Asian Art and the Celestial Horse
Welcome to the Asian Art collection, a specialized curatorial space that is widely regarded by scholars as one of the absolute finest in the entire country. As you step softly into this gallery, notice how the ambient noise of…
Listen in the app3African Art and the Ee-fay Royal Portrait
We now transition our historical focus to the rich, diverse artistic traditions of West Africa. Before you rests a striking, intimately scaled portrait sculpture of a royal woman, originating from the ancient, highly advanced…
Listen in the app4European Paintings and Van Gogh's Olive Trees
Let us continue our scholarly progression into the realm of European Paintings. Hanging before you is a highly vibrant, emotionally turbulent oil painting that practically hums with kinetic energy. …
Listen in the app5Art of the Americas: Olmec Mask and Dakota Cradleboard
Moving into the expansive galleries dedicated to the Art of the Americas, we encounter two vastly different artifacts that powerfully demonstrate the profound depth of Indigenous artistry, separated by vast distances of geography…
Listen in the app6Modern Art and Beauford Delaney
As we enter the bright, expansive galleries dedicated to Modern Art, we are immediately confronted by works that aggressively challenge traditional, academic representations of the physical world. Let us closely examine this…
Listen in the app7Decorative Arts and the Tah-trah Automobile
We now step into a highly fascinating curatorial zone that beautifully blurs the traditional, rigid line between high art and industrial design. You might be quite surprised to find a full sized, functional automobile sitting…
Listen in the app8Contemporary Sculpture and Your Dog
Our final focused stop within the expansive museum galleries brings us to a monumental, instantly captivating work of contemporary sculpture. Dominating this open, brightly lit space is an enormous, stylized figure of a dog,…
Listen in the app9Closing
As our focused, analytical auditory journey through the halls of the Minneapolis Institute of Art draws to its natural conclusion, let us pause for a moment of quiet, scholarly reflection. Today, we have only just begun to…
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What is Minneapolis Institute of Art?
Minneapolis Institute of Art is a place with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Type | Activity |
|---|---|
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 44.9573, -93.2667 |
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