Isn’t the bison painted Starry night be enough for your visit to this museum? Nice collection of art. Cooling was not working when we visited so 2nd floor was closed. I bet we missed some excellent work. Admission was free. Should check out this place if you are in Fargo-Moorhead area. And yes this one falls in Minnesota.

Cute little museum, and the day we went there was an exhibition of drawings from a children's book. The drawings were good, but it meant nothing to us and was not worth the trip. The rest of the art in the museum was contemporary and not our thing. Very nice staff gave us the scoop about the art as well as the museum when we got there.

The Rourke Art Museum is consistently looking for unique offerings to display in their facility. The Studio Ten Exhibit featured artists for the Minnesota Region of Bemidji and surrounding area. This group of artists has had shows at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids, MN, as well as other venues in the region. They also do an artists walk, or drive, to each artist's studio. The exhibit was well done at the Rourke, complete with opening festivities and discussions by some of the artists. It was worth the time, as some of the artists are also illustrators and writers and have a variety of pieces.

Not too big or too small, great venue for art showings and the story behind this place is fantastic. Community support seems to work here.

As my other reviews may show, I am not a huge fan of Art Museums. We visited the Rourke for Museum Day Live 2012 and it was fine, just not my cup of tea. There were a few interesting pieces of art, but overall- same old same old. The works from Asia, the Bison out front, and the historic nature of the building itself were my favorite parts of our visit.