Wheelchair accessible

Wed, Feb 7 - Sat, Feb 10 2024

Show your love, shop adorable finds, and save 20% during the WAM Shop's Sweetheart Sale. Unique accessories made by local artists and a range of sustainably-made gifts—for the special someones in your life. 

It's a sweetheart of a deal: WAM members and UMN faculty, staff, and students save 20% on purchases during the sale period. In-store sales only; discounts may not be combined.

Tue, May 19 2026

Marlena Myles Studio Visit 

With the launch of WAM’s new membership program, we are thrilled to announce our first Confluence Event: a studio visit with St. Paul-based artist Marlena Myles on May 19th. Her practice centers on Indigenous history, language, and the inclusion of both within modernity.

Sat, May 9 2026

Spring Sale + Vegan Treats

With the launch of WAM’s new membership program, we are thrilled to announce our first Member Moment: a drop-in interactive event on Saturday, May 9 in conjunction with WAM Shop’s Spring Sale. 

Wed, May 6 - Sun, May 10 2026

We've got your moms, dads, and grads covered!

May 6 - 10, WAM members and UMN staff, students, and faculty save 20% off their purchases in the WAM Shop during our annual Spring Sale. You’ll find an array of unique gifts at friendly prices, including jewelry and accessories, clever cards and journals, toys, as well as ceramics, handmade gifts by local artists, candles and other special somethings to make your space a bit homier.

Wed, Apr 15 2026

WAM Jams is back with a specially-tailored Spring Jam to meet you where you’re at and remind you that joy is, in fact, still possible. Bring your friends, your half-finished assignments, or your worn out winter sweater [for mending]. Leave with a more relaxed nervous system, a full stomach, and a renewed sense of hope.

Free Rise Bagels & Coffee

Thu, Apr 9 2026

Performance begins at 11:15AM (Doors at 11AM) Opening is a 45 minute lecture performance by Brazilian artist Felipe Steinberg that looks at how spaces like theaters and cities shape our ideas about democracy.

Wed, Apr 8 2026

In this conversation, panelists explore heritage not as a static inheritance, but as a living, relational process shaped by the movement of objects, species, and stories across museums, archives, and scientific collections.

Thu, Apr 2 2026

In this silkscreen print commissioned by the Weisman, Anissa Cavazos continues her exploration of the interplay between family bonds and political trauma through printmaking.  Here, Cavazos integrates her lived experience on the U.S.–Mexico border with her present experience as an artist and student living in the midst of anti-immigrant rhetoric and a federal occupation. Cavazos' work draws inspiration from her natural surroundings, often incorporating symbolic representations of Mexican and Tejano culture and regional iconography. 

Wed, Mar 25 2026

Social Study: Yes New Friends

In collaboration with the UMN Transfer Student Club and Tau Sigma, this Study Night, hosted by WAM Collective, is basically engineered for new-friend energy. Pull up for free Misfit Coffee, Duck Donuts, laid-back study activities in the Shepherd Room, and board games (nothing fosters friendship like friendly UNO rivalry) in Target Studio.

Wed, Mar 25 - Sun, May 17 2026

One Good Word 

The wall text of WAM's spring exhibition, Never Spoken Again, contains unconventional blank spaces, encouraging museum visitors to “fill in” the exhibition narrative using their imaginations. By omitting key words from the dubious stories behind works on view, curator David Ayala-Alfonso engages viewers’ imaginations to complete the exhibition’s backstory.