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During your Minneapolis vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Walker Art Center/Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Shut for a year due to expansion work, the Walker Art Center will reopen in early 2005 with nearly twice its original space for exhibiting edgy, contemporary art: paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and multimedia installations. The renovation will add a new restaurant, cafe, and gift shop. Across Vineland Place is the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the largest urban sculpture garden in the country. A variety of 20th-century sculpture shares space with horticultural plantings, including the famous "Spoonbridge and Cherry." Allow 2 hours for both.
Mill City Museum
Minneapolis's newest museum recounts the history of the flour milling industry that earned the city the nickname "Mill City" in the late 19th century. Set in the ruins of what was once the world's largest flour mill, and one of over two dozen such Minneapolis mills, the museum re-creates old milling techniques with period equipment, railroad cars, and interactive exhibits. Visitors also learn the impact of the nation's first high-quality, finely milled flour on the Twin Cities and the country. Allow 1 hour.
Minnesota Zoo
You'll see most of the exotic animals you expect at the 485-acre Minnesota Zoo, including tigers, camels, dolphins, and monkeys. But this zoo includes an especially nice array of North American animals, including wolves, bison, pumas, and wolverines. During the summer the zoo's working Wells Fargo Family Farm engages visitors with hands-on exhibits and teaches how food travels from the farm to the grocery store shelves. There's also an IMAX theater, and a monorail offering great aerial views. Allow 2 hours.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites MINNEAPOLIS-DWTN (CONV CTR)
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites is conveniently located in downtown Minneapolis and is the closest and newest hotel to the Convention Center and footsteps from shops, restaurants, entertainment and the cities major attractions: Target Center, Orpheum and State Theater, Metrodome, Walker Art Center, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis Art Institute, University of Minnesota, and the world famous Nicollet Mall. The easiest downtown hotel with freeway access. Our hotel features a total of 96 ...
Holiday Inn MINNEAPOLIS-METRODOME
The Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome Hotel boasts 265 newly renovated guest rooms and suites all with free high speed Internet access as well as free wireless Internet access in our lobby, restaurant and lounge, 7350 square feet of meeting facilities with high speed Internet access, a free business center, a Ffll service restaurant & bar, and an indoor pool & fitness center. Highly visible, the Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome Hotel offers easy access to the Twin Cities two main arteries, ...
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