Minnesota Museum of American Art Falls Victim to Financial Crisis, Shuts Down

Also for our new “Why Do We Even Bother Getting Out of Bed Anymore?” category comes the news from our neighbor to the north that the financial mess has chalked up its first victim. The Minnesota Museum of American Art has announced that it will shut its doors come January. Although they’ve said it will only be on a temporary basis, the St. Paul-based museum has long suffered from a whole string of setbacks, from rising deficits to trimming budgets and staff on a regular basis in an effort to try and make due, so the long-term outlook looks bleak at the moment.