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.Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
The Hjemkomst Center, is a multi-use facility in Moorhead, Minnesota. 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
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
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
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
Photo: WhiteWriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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″ northLongitude
-96.77127° or 96° 46′ 17″ westOpen location code
86R5V6FH+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 186248541OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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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Highlights include Moorhead Public Library and Sticksgarden.
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