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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.

Sat, Mar 21 - Sun, Jul 19 2026

In 2010, the University of Minnesota held the Mid-America Print Council's annual conference. That year's convening, called New World/Old World, included a print portfolio exchange between a variety of established and up-and-coming artists. Many of these portfolios, meant to unite a group of artists' work under a shared theme, have since been accessioned into the Weisman Art Museum's collection. 

Sat, Feb 7 - Sun, May 17 2026

On a desk of the private study collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, an old stuffed parrot guards a small library and a vast, yet obsolete ornithology collection. An excited young scientist reads a story on the origins of the desiccated animal for the purpose of entertaining a group of visitors: it may have been the last “speaker” of a dead Indigenous language from colonial Venezuela, or a German prince’s precious gift to the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. There is no clear understanding which of these versions, if any, might be true.

Wed, Dec 3 2025

Prepare for finals in a warm, inviting space hosted by WAM Collective. Enjoy seasonal drinks from Misfit coffee and take a study break with a calming aromatherapy or a textile craft. Stop by the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing's HeART of Healing station from 6 - 8 p.m. near Frank Gehry's Standing Glass Fish, to connect with facilitators, Mol Sturges and Advika Daryani, for a rejuvenating mini soundrest experience.

Wed, Dec 3 - Sun, Dec 7 2025

WAM members and UMN employees and students save 20% off their purchases in the WAM Shop during our annual Winter Sale, from December 3 - 7. You’ll find an array of unique gifts at friendly prices, including jewelry, accessories, cards, toys, gifts for the home, and more. Ceramics, candles, and other handmade gifts made by local artists are also featured.

Wed, Oct 29 2025

Join us for a special evening of music, art, and remembrance in celebration of the exhibition Librería Donceles and in honor of Día de Muertos. Rooted in Aztec traditions that honor the cycles of life and death, Día de Muertos invites us to celebrate memory, connection, and continuity across generations.

Wed, Oct 29 - Sun, Nov 9 2025

Join the Weisman in celebrating Día de los Muertos, in collaboration with Centro Tyrone Guzman, with a multi-site ofrenda project, marking the moments in the year where life and memory meet, moments when the living and their ancestors meet over shared rituals of memory, offering, and love. 

Wed, Oct 15 2025

Are you looking for somewhere to meet fellow art nerds? Come to the WAM Collective's first Study Night of the semester on October 15 from 5-8PM. We've got tea, a journal decorating station, and a WAM-collection collage-making activity to get those relaxing, creative juices flowing in between study sessions. 

WAM Collective will be there if you're interested in learning more about the Weisman's student group, and the UMN Libraries will be tabling.

Free and open to everyone.

Tue, Oct 14 - Sun, Dec 28 2025

Weaving Together Histories

The act of weaving—interlacing warp and weft—has long been a way of both building and telling, forming surfaces that protect, adorn, and signify. 

Sat, Oct 11 2025

The Weisman's fall exhibition, RugLife, brings together contemporary explorations of the rug—not just as a functional object—but as a platform for cultural storytelling, resistance, memory, and identity. On the exhibition's opening day, nationally celebrated, interdisciplinary artist Sonya Clark, one of the artists featured in the exhibition, will visit the Weisman to speak about her art and practice.