Variety Club Research Center

Variety Club Research Center is an university building in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota which is located on East River Parkway. Variety Club Research Center is situated nearby to the park East River Flats, as well as near the hospital University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank.

Type: University building
Also known as: “VCRC”
Address: 401 East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Weisman Art Museum and M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center.

Weisman Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. Weisman Art Museum is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Variety Club Research Center.

M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center

Hospital

Photo: jglazer75, CC BY 2.0.

M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center previously known as University of Minnesota Medical Center, is a 1,700-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, servicing the entire region. M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center is situated 540 feet east of Variety Club Research Center.

East Bank station

Railway station

Photo: Nettrom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Bank station is a light rail station along the Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located on Washington Avenue on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. East Bank station is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Variety Club Research Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University and Stadium Village.

University

Neighborhood

Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.

University is a neighborhood within the greater University community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is almost completely occupied by the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, hence the name.

Stadium Village

Quarter

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

Stadium Village is an area of Minneapolis, Minnesota near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. While not an official neighborhood of Minneapolis, the area is an important commercial district that serves university students with many bars and restaurants.

Southeast Minneapolis

Photo: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0.

Southeast Minneapolis is a district in Minneapolis. Although it isn't in the southeastern quadrant of Minneapolis, it is called "Southeast" because it is east of the Mississippi River and south of East Hennepin Avenue, which divides streets into Southeast and Northeast.

Variety Club Research Center

Categories: building and education
Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.97116° or 44° 58′ 16″ north

Longitude

-93.23348° or 93° 14′ 1″ west

Inception

1949

Levels

Operator

University of Minnesota

Open location code

86P8XQC8+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 77458512

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include East River Flats and University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank.

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