Rourke Art Museum

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is a fine arts museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States, founded by James O'Rourke. The art museum can be found at 521 Main Avenue in a historic Federal Courthouse and Post Office, erected in 1915.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Moorhead, Minnesota
Also known as: “Federal Courthouse and Post Office”, “Rourke Art Gallery”, and “Rourke Art Museum and Gallery”
Address: 521 Main Avenue, Moorhead, MN 56560

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Comstock House and Hjemkomst Center.

Comstock House

Museum

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The Comstock House is a historic house museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It was built for Solomon Comstock and his family from 1882 to 1883 in a mix of Queen Anne and Eastlake style. Comstock House is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Rourke Art Museum.

Hjemkomst Center

Museum

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The Hjemkomst Center is a multi-use facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. Hjemkomst Center first opened in 1985 and serves as a home to Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church replica, quarterly museum exhibits, and county archives. Hjemkomst Center is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Rourke Art Museum.

Fargo station

Railway station

Fargo Station is a train station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder. It is the only railway station in use in the Fargo-Moorhead area and is the third-busiest in North Dakota. Fargo station is situated 1 mile northwest of Rourke Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moorhead and Fargo.

Moorhead

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Moorhead is a city in Minnesota of about 35,000. Moorhead is sometimes referred to as the "twin city" of the larger Fargo, North Dakota, its neighbor across the Red River in North Dakota.

Fargo

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Fargo is a charming western city of just over 100,000 in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. As the biggest city for more than 200 miles in any direction, it's a cultural hub for the region, and its lively, walkable downtown is full of old-fashioned architecture and friendly cafes.

Dilworth

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Dilworth is in Minnesota. It began as a somewhat industrial railroad town, and has developed into a quaint small suburb to the east of Moorhead, MN and Fargo, ND.

Rourke Art Museum

Categories: art museum, courthouse, post office, building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.8736° or 46° 52′ 25″ north

Longitude

-96.77127° or 96° 46′ 17″ west

Open location code

86R5V6FH+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 186248541

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q1453357

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Rourke Art Museum” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Rourke Art Museum”
Egyptian Arabic: “متحف رورك للفنون”
French: “Rourke Art Museum”
German: “Rourke Art Museum”

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