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is certainly doing a good job of making its presence known.

Currently the museum is touring some of the finer pieces from its extensive collection to different galleries around the state. First stop: the 

on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota. The exhibition is titled "

"Indian Hunter and His Dog" by Paul Manship

Along with the touring exhibition, the MMAA has published its first ever catalog of highlights from the collection, also named "Our Treasures." Selected works of art are accompanied by essays by museum curators and other scholars. MMAA Director Kristin Makholm says the publishing of the catalog marks an important step for the museum.

"Our Treasures" in on display at the Tweed Museum of Art through October 23. From there it travels to the Hillstrom Museum of Art in St. Peter and then to the Perlman Teaching Museum on the campus of Carleton College.

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For a museum without a building to call home, the Minnesota Museum of American Art is certainly doing a good job of making its presence known.

Minnesota treasures on tour, and in new book

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