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<h1 style="font-size: 2.5rem;">Spend Your Summer Evenings at Mia!</h1>
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Meet at Mia&#8217;s Summer Series is back! Join us for live performances, food trucks, art making, and more. Enjoy near-weekly programs on Thursday evenings in Target Park (weather permitting) throughout the summer. See you on the lawn!
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<h2><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/royal-bronzes-cambodian-art-of-the-divine">Coming Soon: Royal Bronzes</a></h2>
Step into the splendor of Cambodia’s Khmer Empire in “Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine,” opening October 25, 2025.

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<h2><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/join-and-invest/membership/">Become a Mia Member</a></h2>
Contributions from members provide essential support to Mia and a year of valuable benefits to you! Join Mia or renew your membership today.

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<h2><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/programs/youth-and-family">Youth and Family</a></h2>
Make memories every month at Family Day, get creative in studio programs, and play and learn with your toddler in the Family Center and Mini Mia.

<div style="display: none";>General admission is free. Special exhibitions, classes, and some talks and special events do require <a href="http://tickets.artsmia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tickets</a>: reservations are recommended.</div>
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<li>Monday: Closed</li>
<li>Tuesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Wednesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Thursday:  10am–9pm</li>
<li>Friday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Saturday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Sunday: 10am–5pm</li>
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The museum is closed July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
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Plan Your Visit

Meet at Mia: Summer Series 2025

Discovery Days

Discovery Days offer students an alternative or supplement to the one-hour tour experience. At learning stations throughout the museum, students engage in grade-level learning activities that stimulate their curiosity and appetite for discovery. Students can choose the activities they participate in. All activities engage multiple modes of learning (e.g., through touch, sight, sound, and movement) and help students better understand art and cultures from around the world. To round out their learning, teaching artists and studio assistants guide students through artmaking activities that teach art skills and inspire curiosity about global cultures.
Recommended for grades 3 to 6.
Note: Only school groups require advanced reservation, which are available for 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., or 11 a.m. Mia members and the public may drop in and participate anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on a Discovery Day.
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Students wearing purple T-shirts standing around tables with art objects. Two women are behind the tables talking to the students.

Meet at Mia’s Summer Series is back! Join us for near-weekly programs in Target Park (weather permitting). Enjoy another summer of live performances, food trucks, art making, and more. Bring your best blanket, and we’ll see you on the lawn!
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<h2 id="june">June Programs</h2>
June 12 Summer Kickoff 
Start the summer with a performance from MAKR AN ERIS, the newest project by Sophia Eris and Mark McGee. Make art inspired by the “Hokusai | Monet” exhibition: floral printed bandanas with Textile Center and oil masterpieces with Sarah Nicole. 
LISTEN to MAKR AN ERIS, 6:30 p.m. 
PRINT with Textile Center 
COLOR with Sarah Nicole 
EAT Eggroll Queen, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/hokusai-monet">Hokusai | Monet</a>&#8221;
June 19 Juneteenth 
Celebrate Juneteenth with Black creatives from the Twin Cities and beyond. LAAMAR curates a lineup of performers while Roho Collective provides family-friendly rock painting and community quilting. Enjoy food from West Indies Soul Food. 
LISTEN to LAAMAR and special guests Kashimana, Gifted Handz, and Fanaka Nation, 5 p.m. 
PLAY with Roho Collective 
EAT West Indies Soul Food, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” (exhibition entry is free for members; <a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/b1f97274-08d7-6122-801b-4182fe5d7c54">become a member</a> for free)
June 26 Pride in Concert 
Brat Summer is SO 2024; 2025 is Bratpunk summer. Celebrate Pride with a live performance by Minneapolis-based trio VIAL. Make jewelry with Elyse Lodermeier, and join a weaving social with Textile Center. Enjoy food from ParraLily. Snag this year’s T-shirt design while supplies last. 
ROCK with VIAL, 6:30 p.m. 
WEAVE with Textile Center 
SPARKLE with Elyse Lodermeier 
EAT ParraLily, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>&#8221; (tickets required)
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<h2 id="july">July Programs</h2>
July 10 Future Giants 
Give a Giant farewell to the blockbuster exhibition, “Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.” See the artwork off, then make your own with Akiko Ostlund. MMYYKK provides the soundtrack. 
LISTEN to MMYYKK, 6 p.m. 
MAKE with Akiko Ostlund 
EAT Brick Oven Bus, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” (tickets required)
July 17 Dog Day 
Dogs can’t come into the museum, but they’re always welcome in our courtyard—as long as you pick up after them! Put your dog’s face on a bandana and fight over who’s going to wear it first. Make a metal mutt with WOW Mobile Metal Lab. Trivia Mafia quizzes visitors to find the true pup professionals. And what’s Dog Day without pup cups from MN Nice Cream? 
LISTEN to Laura Hugo, 6:30 p.m. 
MAKE with Ivonne Yáñez 
POUR with WOW Mobile Metal 
GUESS with Trivia Mafia, 7 p.m. 
EAT MN Nice Cream, 6–8 p.m. 
TOUR Dogs in Mia’s collection, 7 p.m.
July 24 Hands On 
Check out Mia’s new exhibition, “Annotations,” featuring photographs in Mia’s collection that have been altered by the artist in some way. Snap a film photo and make your mark with Mia teaching artists. Enjoy music from Kiss the Tiger and DJ Diane Miller. 
ROCK with Kiss the Tiger, 6 p.m. 
JAM with DJ Diane Miller 
CREATE with Mia teaching artists 
EAT Eggroll Queen, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/annotations">Annotations</a>”
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<h2 id="august">August Programs</h2>
August 7 Pop/Rocks 
Celebrate the late Andy Warhol’s 97th birthday by immersing yourself in pop and rock. DJ Diane Miller takes us back in time through music. Visit Mia’s Print Study Room to see Warhol’s work up close, then make your own prints with Highpoint. Trivia Mafia quizzes you on all things pop culture. 
DANCE with DJ Diane Miller 
PRINT with Highpoint Center for Printmaking 
PLAY Trivia Mafia, 7 p.m. 
EAT Brick Oven Bus, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/art-artists/curatorial-departments/prints-and-drawings/the-herschel-v-jones-print-study-room">Print Study Room</a>, 5–7 p.m.
August 14 Movie at Mia: Mona Lisa Smile 
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be a world away, but Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile is at Mia! In the 1950s, a progressive Wellesley art professor teaches her female students that there&#8217;s more to life than marriage. Begin the night making geometric canvas flags with Sarah Nicole before the film starts at 6:30 p.m. 
LISTEN to DJ Talia Knight 
WATCH Mona Lisa Smile, 6:30 p.m. in Pillsbury Auditorium 
MAKE with Sarah Nicole 
EAT Las Twins, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT Global contemporary art: Galleries 260, 280, and 370
August 21 Not the Fair 
For the Minnesotans who want a taste of the State Fair without the difficult parking (or the crowd of 100,000 people). Skip the agriculture center and make a felted llama with Textile Center. WOW Mobile Metal Lab pours fair-themed objects while You Oughta Know provides all the ’90s themed tunes. Whittier Alliance joins us for a special screening of Babe. 
LISTEN to You Oughta Know, 6 p.m. 
CREATE with Textile Center 
POUR with WOW Mobile Metal Lab 
EAT Just in Time Concessions, 6–8 p.m. 
TOUR Fair-themed works in Mia’s collection, 7 p.m. 
WATCH Babe, sunset (between 8:30 and 9 p.m.)
August 28 À la mode 
Like, the literal definition—“in the current fashion.” Enjoy the contemporary! Check out Mia’s newly rotated Global Contemporary gallery, and try modern techniques in a collaborative coloring wall with Sarah Nicole. Anna Devine provides the evening’s tunes while El Jefe dishes up the food. Fine, we’ll add ice cream. MN Nice Cream joins us from 6 to 8 p.m. 
LISTEN to Anna Devine, 6:30 p.m. 
CREATE with Sarah Nicole 
EAT El Jefe, 5–9 p.m. 
FREEZE with MN Nice Cream, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT Global contemporary art: Gallery 370
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<h2 id="september">September Programs</h2>
September 11 Bike Night 
Bike Night is back! Connect with the Twin Cities biking community through bike rides, bike safety checks, and bike bingo. Take a photo with your fixie in Mia’s photo booth. Enjoy giveaways from partner Perennial Cycle. Aspire Artisan Folk School highlights a new exhibition with wooden wall art. 
CREATE with Aspire Artisan Folk School 
EAT Pizza Karma, 5–8 p.m. 
VISIT Exhibition announcement coming soon!
September 18 Movie in the Park: Selena 
Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a screening of Selena at sunset. Enjoy food and drink from El Jefe while you stitch milagros (or miracles) with Textile Center for luck. 
LISTEN to DJ Talia Knight 
WATCH Selena, sunset (between 8 and 8:30 p.m.) 
CREATE with Textile Center 
EAT El Jefe, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT Latin American Art, G275
September 25 Fall Equinox 
Summer comes to an end and we usher in the fall equinox. Mike Kota is the cherry on top of our summer concerts, performing a solo show, while Mia teaching artists lead joyfully strange art making. 
JAM with Mike Kota, 6:30 p.m. 
MAKE with Mia teaching artists 
EAT Pizza Karma, 5–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/weirdening-of-the-renaissance">Weirdening of the Renaissance</a>”
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