You can start in any gallery—some exhibitions will take up several gallery spaces and some just one. Ask a Gallery Assistant or grab a visitor guide to see what’s on and where.

Unlike a traditional encyclopedic museum, the galleries at contemporary art museums like the Walker change pretty regularly. Exhibitions at the Walker can be on view anywhere between three months and three years, depending on the show. We can have from one to five shows up at any given time. You do the math.

If you saw a piece or an exhibition that you loved a few years ago, chances are the work might still be around, but the exhibition will have changed. Ever wonder where that Dolphin went (Dolphin Oracle II by Piotr Szyhalski)? Or that giant crashed car (Unpainted Sculpture by Charles Ray)? These are pieces in the Walker’s Permanent Collection that are presented for specific exhibitions designed by Walker curators, but not everything is on view at any given time. Learn more about our collections and our Visual Arts department.