Plains Art Museum

Friendly & helpful staff, beautiful art, comfortable atmosphere, excellent COVID response, & gift shop has the coolest treats. :) Thank you for a wonderful experience.

I was presently surprised by this museum. My expectations were low, but they had a nice variety of art work and it was larger than I expected. The galleries were well put together and easy to view all exhibits. It’s definitely worth a stop.

In town doing the Geocaching GeoTour. The museum was a great place to spend some time looking at exhibits.

Smaller sized museum with three exhibition halls (one on each level) and a separate space over a skybridge. Current exhibition mainly focused on art by women, but another exhibition focused on non-visual art. Overall, I found it to be well curated.

The Plains Art Museum is an outstanding regional museum, with remarkable exhibitions, in a beautiful and welcoming space. The art interpretation information throughout is exemplary -- among the best Ive seen anywhere, including national landmark galleries. All of the several exhibitions are highly diverse, interesting, and engaging. My brief interactions with the staff were very friendly and informative. I was impressed, and greatly enjoyed my visit.In addition to the artworks on display, the museum offers a variety of interesting arts education classes and resources for artists, including a printmaking studio. I dont live in the Fargo area, so Im not really in a position to take advantage of them, but I wish I could!Overall, Id highly recommend visiting and patronizing the Plains Art Museum. This is what a regional museum should be like. Two thumbs way up.

Had fun and learned a new skill at the same time. Our leaders had great personalities as well as artistic skill. A group of co-workers went and created mugs from a block of clay. Fun way to spend a few hours.

Such a wonderful resource for the community!From school field trips as a child to coming here with my children, the Plains Art Museum has been a treasured part of the FM experience for as long as I can remember. Thank you!

Adding a touch of culture,never hurt anyone.

Its giant inside, and very well suited for its wild variety of shows, work, and events.

Had an excellent time here as a kid

Wonderful Midwest art showcases and special events.

What a great museum! Interesting and unusual exhibits in beautiful galleries. Highly recommended!

It is great

Ive never been a museum person, but a guided tour through the Plains Art Museum was a ton of fun... our guide was informative and the art was actually really interesting to see.Plus, its FREE, so we spent a cold winter afternoon there looking through the interesting pieces.Dont feel like you have to get a ton out of a trip here or understand art. Its just fun to see the things people create, even if you quickly stroll through (AND the displays rotate frequently so therell be something new if you revisit).

Great front desk staff but horrible/rude upper management!

Interesting exhibits and the Saturday Winter Market was a great time for us and the kids!

Very, very good! The 3 major exhibitions were excellent. The activity room for kids was engaging for them, they didnt want to leave! This is one of the gems of the Fargo metro area. Admission is free.

They’ve got a really good selection of art, and their staff is amazing.

Fargo does not have the reputation it deserves and its Old Broadway area which, this museum is very close to is part of the reason that most people should rethink their opinion of Fargo. Although Fargo seems to have the reputation for being a college town or a place for Canadians to shop this vibrant little city has a very rich culture and the Plains Art Museum may be the epicentre of that culture. Honestly, if youre a Canadian visiting Fargo to do your 48 hour trip (to avoid paying duty) or even a Fargo resident whos not explored much of the city I highly encourage you to spend not a few hours but the entire day in the Old Broadway area. Youll find incredible food, drinks, sometimes music, and culture such as the Plains Art Museum.Also, constantly changing and multiple exhibits make the Plains Art Museum something you can visit again and again.I know Ill be visiting again soon

Plains is a great 3 floor gallery. They have a lot of classes throughout the year, and I have been to several great galleries as well as some cool events

This is an excellent art gallery/museum. Sensitive use of light and space make them exhibits easily digested. The works on display when I visited were simply wonderful.

This Hats off salute to the museum is earned because they brought a afternoon of culture to west Fargo by co-hosting the Pollination Party at Rabanus park. There were answers to questions about pollinating cool drink, snacks ( I didnt partake) and all around a great Sunday in the park. Great job completed by friendly people.

A great place to bring the family and anyone from out of town. Located right in the heart of downtown Fargo.

A great art museum. Worth the visit. I have been here many times and have never been disappointed. The staff is wonderful.

A wonderful place to bring friends and family from out of town. A true gem.

Honestly the best place in Fargo/Moorhead for a reception. While it is somewhat pricey compared to your traditional venues, to us, it was worth everything we paid. You get the whole Museum for your guests which makes 250 not feel as crowded. We ate on the third floor, had the dance, bar and seating for guests on the 1st, and the 2nd was available for people who needed a break or wanted to take pictures. Also a great place for parents with children who needed some space. We also had a fabulous wedding planner named Penny through the Plains who walked us through everything we needed before the big day, was always available for any questions or last minute ideas we had, and was there during the dinner and reception to make sure everything went smoothly. I would highly recommend the Plains for anyone looking for a modern, non-traditional wedding venue!

Love this art museum. Free admission for students. While it is admittedly small, it is gorgeous inside and has such amazing local and regional art.

The instructor for the class is amazing. He was funny and intelligent and very helpful.

Awsome place, just walking around that part if town was awsome, tje building itself was a tad confusing not the biggest museum i have been to but lots of local art!

Always great exhibits, world class art!

Helpful staff and a great place to relax while looking at some art.

Another wonderful visit to Plains Art Museum today. Architecture For The Birds was fantastic!

Beautiful architecture and hosts many events. Always something interesting!

Great place to study, quiet, peaceful and nicely decorated :)

Great gallery and hot spot for community events!

A beautiful space and such a blessing for the FM area!

Wonderful art much enjoyed all of it.

Excellent displays very friendly staff.

Really cool venue, great selection of art.

Awesome.

Boring.

Very nice art