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The Walker Art Center is a modern art museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Along with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden , it is located near downtown, just across Interstate 94 from Loring Park (with which the museum grounds are connected by a pedestrian bridge).
The museum was founded by lumber magnate Thomas B. Walker in the 1890s from the displays in his home as the Walker Art Gallery. A building was opened in 1927 and in 1941 it became the Walker Art Center. The current building opened in 1971 adjacent to the Guthrie Theater .