Walker's 'Show & Tell' Invites Lowry Hill Kids to Play With Art

The exhibition, at 725 Vineland Place just over the rise from Lowry Hill, opened November 20, 2025, and is organized around five zones: Play, Make, Find, Read and Watch. It draws kid-friendly subjects from the Walker's own collection, including animals, alphabets, food and imaginary creatures.

The design treats children as the primary audience rather than visitors to be kept at arm's length. Cas Holman's "Critter Party" (2024) is a sculpture children can touch, climb on and rearrange; Caroline Kent's abstractions prompt kids to make collages projected onto the gallery wall; a porthole wall hides a miniature Spoonbridge and Cherry; and Rirkrit Tiravanija contributes a 20,000-piece puzzle. One room is a small theater with floor pillows for watching short films from the Walker's moving-image collection. Sculptures sit on lowered pedestals, art is hung at heights reachable by children and wheelchair users, paintings are unglazed, and label copy appears in English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali, with an audio guide recorded by students from Folwell Elementary.

The run spans the coldest months, when the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden outside is frozen, giving families on and around Lowry Hill an indoor destination within walking distance. The Star Tribune covered the show's bid for family audiences when it opened. Walker hours are Wednesday and Friday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.