Northern Shores: Danny Diamond & Brian Miller

Northern Shores features the talented duo of Danny Diamond on fiddle and Brian Miller on guitar, bouzouki, and vocals. This collaboration unites two of the finest Irish folk and traditional musicians in the United States. Belfast-born Diamond delivers music that is profoundly connected to the north of Ireland, highlighting a unique and eclectic repertoire, infused with rhythm and sensitivity. Miller, hailing from Minnesota, immerses himself in his local roots to bring back to life Irish-American folk songs from the Great Lakes.

MN Marine Art Museum - "The Coast and the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America"

The Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America is a traveling exhibition organized by the The New York Historical featuring 49 paintings and 10 maritime objects from their immense collection relating the story of early American culture and history. The exhibition is organized into several chronological themes exploring America’s relationship with water.

MN Marine Art Museum - "Spooky Waters of the World, Great Lakes and Beyond" by Geo Rutherford

Geo Rutherford is a Sauk City, Wisconsin based artist, author, educator and a social media sensation with a keen interest in science, natural history, and telling stories about water. On display are original illustrations from her New York Times best selling book Spooky Lakes (2024) and from her forthcoming book Spooky Rivers (2026). Her illustrations explore fascinating, quirky, and sometimes eerie stories about the Great Lakes and other fascinating bodies of water around the world.

MN Marine Art Museum - "LandSkyWater" by Barbara McIlrath

Barbara McIlrath travels along the Mississippi River between her farm studio in Pepin, Wisconsin and her house in St. Paul, Minnesota. The seasonal color changes of the Driftless Region inspire her paintings and drawings.

McIlrath is particularly drawn to the shoreline of Lake Pepin in the historic Village of Old Frontenac, Minnesota, as well as the prairie surrounding her farm in Hicks Valley, near the Village of Pepin.

MN Marine Art Museum - "Home(town)" by Andy DuCett

Using the idea of a river town as a starting point, Andy DuCett will create multiple new site-specific installations for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum that start in the galleries but extend beyond the walls of the museum and into Winona, his hometown community, in the exhibition Home(town). Working across many artistic mediums, DuCett has a long history of fusing institutional presentation methods and languages with hyper-local visual and cultural vernacular.

MN Marine Art Museum - “Gidibaajimomin / We Tell Stories” by Gordon Coons

Gordon Coons is an artist and educator originally from Wisconsin and now living and working in Minneapolis, MN and is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of Wisconsin. Coons is a self-taught artist working in a variety of mediums including linoleum block prints, paintings, pen and ink drawings, sculpture, and prints created from cedar smoke and gold leaf. His colorful works are considered to be in the Woodland Style of art inspired by regional Ojibwa rock paintings, petroglyphs, historic birch bark drawings, and oral traditions.

MN Marine Art Museum - "Myths & Legends of Minnesota: An Exhibition of the Minnesota Plein Air Collective"

Myths & Legends of Minnesota: An Exhibition of the Minnesota Plein Air Collective seeks to celebrate Minnesota’s rich tapestry of folklore, cultural heritage, and oral tradition as expressed through the landscape, focusing on the lakes, rivers and other waterways of Minnesota. Artists in this group exhibition aim to interpret legends, tall tales, folklore, or personal narratives through visual art created in direct engagement with the natural environment and aquatic ecosystems of Minnesota.

Michael Monroe's "We Dig Peter, Paul & Mary"

Michael Monroe, hailed as a “Minnesota acoustic music master” by the Star Tribune, guides this trio through timeless classics such as “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Weave Me the Sunshine,” “Marvelous Little Toy,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “If I Had a Hammer,” “Day Is Done,” and “I Dig Rock and Roll Music,” along with chart-toppers like “Puff the Magic Dragon,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” Delight in this skilled trio as Ann Reed’s pristine highs, Timothy Frantzich’s tenor, and Michael Monroe’s baritone create flawless harmonies, all laced with a hint

Mayo Clinic Lecture Series: "Healing Hands: The Sisters of St. Francis and Mayo Clinic"

We are pleased to announce the next fascinating film and lecture in our ongoing series exploring the history of the Mayo Clinic! This special presentation, titled "Healing Hands: The Sisters of St Francis and Mayo Clinic," will be delivered by the distinguished Sister Tierney Trueman on February 5th, 2026, at 7pm. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insight into the foundational and enduring role of the Sisters of St. Francis in the history of the Mayo Clinic.