Travel Opportunities
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum trips provide exceptional experiences that often highlight unusual and off-the-beaten-path finds. In 2025, the Museum in embarking on a spring trip to Minneapolis and and a fall trip to Santa Fe. Previous destinations include Sweden and Denmark, Pittsburgh, Maine, Montreal and Quebec City, Detroit, Seattle and Tacoma, Cuba, Tulsa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Charleston and Savannah, Chicago, Milwaukee, the Netherlands, Baltimore, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee/Racine, Colorado, Indiana/Kentucky, and Sheboygan.
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2025 Travel Opportunities
Art and Preservation in Minneapolis
Thursday – Saturday, May 1 – 3, 2025
Set off to our neighbors to the west with an artfully considered trip to Minneapolis. Experience a boutique hotel that combines rustic Minnesota history with modern amenities while staying at the Hewing Hotel. Learn about the preservation of both art and architecture through a tour at the Midwest Art Conservation Center (MACC), the lab that the Woodson Art Museum trusts with conserving our collection objects, and a private trolley tour across the city. We will immerse ourselves in art and culture at numerous institutions across Minneapolis including a performance at the Guthrie Theater and a making activity at the Minnesota Center for Book Art. In addition to comradery throughout with your fellow travelers and Woodson Art Museum staff, there will also be plenty of conversation held over delectable meals.
Interested in traveling with us to Minneapolis? Click below to view itinerary and pricing details or call 715.845.7010.
Santa Fe’s Art Scene
Monday – Friday, October 27 – 31, 2025
Join the Woodson Art Museum to explore one of America’s favorite art destinations. Stay in the heart of Santa Fe in authentic New Mexican architecture, surrounded by vibrant decor and art of the Southwest at La Fonda on the Plaza. Opportunities abound to dive deep into Southwestern art exploring indigenous, wildlife, and contemporary arts and touring the area’s renowned institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe Opera House, and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. We will even have a little slice of the Woodson while in Santa Fe with New Mexican and Birds in Art artist, Timothy David Mayhew joining us for a day. In Woodson Art Museum fashion, there will be exceptional culinary experiences and congenial conversation throughout.
Interested in traveling with us to Santa Fe? Click below to view itinerary and pricing details or call 715.845.7010.
