The Minnesota Marine Art Museum and Edward Moran

by Erin Renk

“The Commerce of Nations Rendering Homage to Liberty”- Edward Moran 1876

On the Mississippi near Winona — Shower Clearing

Commerce of Nations Rendering Homage to Liberty

I was unsure of where to begin. The kind lady working…

What Gets Your Attention

I always look forward to visiting art museums. It is exciting to encounter both familiar and unfamiliar works of…

The Interruption

I have always been drawn to things that seem to be out of place — they almost always have more depth to them. The first time I…

A New Perspective

For the first couple weeks of being in Winona I felt uncomfortable, at times out of place. It was this same feeling I had when…

A Piece of History

On a stale and bleak Tuesday, I cautiously stumbled through the white haze towards…