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Location
Parking
Parking available; directions and parking information available on website
Best time
Visit on Thursdays until 9 pm for extended hours, which can help you explore the extensive collection (100,000+ artworks) at a more relaxed pace without feeling rushed.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the Art in Bloom event in spring—it's a highly-rated signature experience that transforms artworks with floral interpretations and creates a unique museum visit that visitors often return for annually.
About Minneapolis Institute of Art
Broad collection from a mummy to Monet. 5,000-year span of fine & decorative arts ranging from a mummy to paintings by European masters.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Art Museum
- Admission
- General admission free; special exhibitions require tickets
- Features
- 100,000+ artworks, family programs, studio classes, special exhibitions
- Hours
- Closed Mondays; Tue-Wed 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-5pm
What visitors say
This is a nice art gallery. It doesn’t have very many namebrand artist, I saw no van Gogh’s and only one Monet. I saw two Pissarro. It is also a little bit difficult to get around. There are very few elevators and they’re hard to find.…
My boyfriend and I visited today for the last day of art in bloom 2026. It was seriously so cool to see iterpretations of beautiful works of art in the form of flowers! This was my first visit to MIA and I will definitely be returning.…
This huge museum is FREE! I would've paid money to see this. There are so many different things to see, we spent a long time in there. Definitely worth it and I would highly recommend to anyone!
From 10,277 Google reviews
Did You Know?
- General admission is completely free with a pay-what-you-wish model, making it accessible regardless of visitor income, while housing a collection of over 100,000 artworks spanning 5,000 years
- The museum features a special annual Art in Bloom event that combines masterworks of art with elaborate floral interpretations, described by visitors as a signature spring tradition
- The collection spans from ancient Egyptian mummies to European masters like Monet and Pissarro, covering fine and decorative arts across multiple continents and millennia
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