November 9, 2019, Saturday - "My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story" Exhibit Opening and Family Day at Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd Street

"My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story" Exhibit Opening and Family Day 

Explore artwork by internationally acclaimed artist Gaylord Schanilec that tells the story of the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River—known as Owamniyomni in Dakota and St. Anthony Falls in English—and the changes it has witnessed over 12,000 years.

Making prints with materials collected along the riverbank, Schanilec creates works of art that show the progression of the waterfall over thousands of years from present-day St. Paul to its current location, 15 miles upriver in downtown Minneapolis. The exhibit features Schanilec's artwork from the MNHS Press book "My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story" by author John Coy.

Part of the fall 2019 series "River, Water, Stories," the exhibit and related programs examine the relationship between people and the Mississippi River in the past and present. With museum admission, guests are encouraged to explore new hands-on activities in the interactive Water Lab that highlight changing ideas about the falls over time.

The exhibit is located in the museum's central Mill Commons and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through March 29, 2020.

Using natural and found materials guests can make their own images of St. Anthony Falls and the Minneapolis riverfront milling district during a family day that celebrates the new exhibit "My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story."

John Coy, author of the new picture book, My Mighty Journey will read and share the book at 11:05 in the museum's Mill Commons. 

From 12:30 to 1:30 pm, illustrator Gaylord Schanilec will join John in the Mill Commons for an informal "meet and greet/gallery talk" with guests about the five-year process it took to create the images in the book. 

With museum admission, guests are encouraged to explore new hands-on activities in the interactive Water Lab that highlight changing ideas about the falls over time. Author John Coy will read and share the book again in the Water Lab at noon. 

The family day program is part of the fall 2019 series, "River, Water, Stories," which examines the relationship between people and the Mississippi River in the past and present.

This program is made possible through the support of presenting sponsor, Xcel Energy.