Detail view of an Anishinaabe or Dakota dance blanket, 1840s-1850s. Robert J. Ulrich Works of Art Purchase Fund, Mia accession number 2007.1. Public domain.

Detail view of Banjo Lesson, a drypoint and aquatint before color by Mary Cassatt (1894) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. From the the William M. Ladd Collection; gift of Herschel V. Jones. Public domain.

Howling Dog, an oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Klee (1928) at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Gift of F. C. Schang. Public domain.

The Third Avenue entrance to the Minneapolis Museum of Art, part of the 1974 expansion designed by Japanese architect Kenzō Tange. Photo by David J . Nordgren, ca. 1975.

A museum guard and two young visitors examine the Paul Revere tea set at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1946. Photo by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

A man in a fur coat visiting the galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Art with his camera, 1937. Photo by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

The original entrance of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, designed by designed by McKim, Mead and White, 1929. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Lucretia, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1666. Lucretia was known for her loyalty and virtue. Rembrandt tells her story through her solemn and saddened gaze, in the traces of blood on her gown, and the dagger in her hand, which refers to her suicide after being raped. Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790. The Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong (r. 1736–95) commissioned this jade boulder, apparently the largest piece of historic carved jade outside of China. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.