Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota opened on November 21, 1993. Named for the museum's major benefactor, businessman and noted art collector Frederick R. Weisman, and designed by Frank O. Gehry Associates, the mission of the Weisman Museum is to "educate students about art and to make the visual arts an important part of their everyday experience." The museum holds a significant collection of American art from the first half of the 20th century in addition to Asian, European and Native American art collections.

The museum is heralded for its contemporary design, constructed of jagged gray stainless steel and orange-terra-cotta colored brick; it sits high on the bluffs above the Mississippi River. Five galleries with four skylights provide illumination of the exhibits on the main level of the museum with large picture windows allowing pedestrian traffic clear views into the galleries.

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