ALEXANDRIA — The traveling exhibit We Are Water MN is opening this week at the Legacy of the Lakes Museum. The exhibit, from the Minnesota Humanities Center, reflects on Minnesota’s water story and encourages people to think about their relationships with and responsibilities to water.
The exhibit also features numerous interactive elements and local stories. The museum is the third of six sites for the exhibit this summer and will display it until Aug. 15, when it will move to Otter Tail County.
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held on June 23, from 5-7 p.m. for the exhibit, which will include light refreshments and a short program. The reception is free and open to the public.
The exhibit can be viewed during the museum’s open hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays noon-4 p.m. For the duration of the exhibit, the museum is also offering free admission on Tuesday nights from 5-7 p.m.
For information on the exhibit and related programs offered by the museum and local partners, visit legacyofthelakes.org/wearewater .
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We Are Water MN is led by the Minnesota Humanities Center in Partnership with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources.
We Are Water MN is funded in part with money from the Clean Water, Land, & Legacy Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008 and by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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