Plains
Art Museum began as the Red River
Art Center in 1965 and was housed in the former Moorhead, Minnesota, post office. The Museum acquired its present name in 1975 and maintained residency in Moorhead until 1996. The Museum renovated a turn-of-the-century warehouse in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, and opened to the public in October 1997.
The largest
art museum in North Dakota and the only one accredited by the AMerican Association of mueums. Permanent collection of contemporary
art and ethnographic objects from the northern plains and beyond. Set in a brilliantly renovated, turn-of-the-last century warehouse. Exhibitions of regional, national, and international significance. Classes, lectures, performances, tours, special events, Cafe' Muse, and The Store.
Members - Free, Adults - $5.00, Seniors - $4.00, Educators w/ID - $4.00, Students w/ID - free, Youth - free.
Free admission: 2nd and 4th Thursdays.
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