The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...

Winona, Minnesota Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the state of Minnesota. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, who ...

, United States, specializing in great art inspired by water. MMAM is a nonprofit art museum that engages visitors in meaningful visual art experiences through education and exhibitions that explore the ongoing and historic human relationship with water. The purpose-built museum is located on the banks of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

and boasts six galleries, an educational and events space, and a destination retail shop on its seven acre riverside campus.

History

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum opened on July 27, 2006, with an initial collection on loan from Winona couple Mary Burrichter and

Bob Kierlin Robert A. Kierlin (born June 1, 1939) is an American businessman and former politician. Born in Winona, Minnesota, Kierlin graduated from Cotter High School in Winona. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Minnesota. ...

, founder of Fastenal. Expansions to the museum were completed in 2009, 2013, and 2014.

Collection

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum presents exhibitions that span from contemporary to historic, across a variety of mediums. It is through this surprising diversity that MMAM is not only describing what marine art is, but pushing the boundaries of what marine art can be. In 2023, MMAM will present a year-long suite of integrated exhibitions and programs that explore the human relationship to the flora and fauna of our mysterious and brilliant world. A trajectory of three artists, three mediums, and three masterful surface explorations of the botanical wonders of our world. Historic Japanese prints from Imao Keinen, contemporary porcelain vessels by Hitomi Hosono, and printed fabrics and original prints from Ian Hanesworth. One of two surviving versions of '' Washington Crossing the Delaware'' by

Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German-American history painter best known for his 1851 painting '' Washington Crossing the Delaware''. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography Leutze was born ...

was loaned by private collectors in 2014 to MMAM. This version of the painting, the third and final version created by Leutze, is a smaller scale version which most recently was on display at the

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prior to its acquisition by the MMAM. This painting is no longer on display at MMAM as of April 2022.

References

External links

Official website
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