Attendees at a celebration held at Watt Munisotaram during the Buddhist festival of Visahka Puja (Vesak). Photograph by Jonah Hudson-Erdman, May 20, 2016.

Visits from parade royalty from around the world, as well as from diplomatic officials served the Aquatennial’s original goal of building business connections between Minnesota and cities both at home and abroad. Minneapolis Aquatennial Souvenir Program Collection, Call # F.613.M93 M52. Used with permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.

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.

Visitors entering the Germanic-American Institute, ca. 2010s. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.