Unplanned Museum Outing

As soon as I stepped off the plane yesterday, I saw an ad outside the gate for an art exhibit entitled Illuminating the Word: the Saint John’s Bible at the Minneapolis Institute for the Arts. As Pica puts it, the creation of the St. John’s bible is the calligraphic event of the last half-millenium, so I figured if I could possibly try to make the exhibit in my crammed schedule, I would.

It turns out the museum is open in the evening tonight, and there is a ticket slot available for a 6 PM visit, so off I go! The logistical complication is that there is a conference social event this evening at historic Ft. Snelling going from 5:30 to 10 PM, so rather than take the bus running from the conference hotel to the fort, I’m going to make my way there after my museum outing using bus and light rail.
All the running around will be worth it—I don’t think this is an exhibit to be missed since I’m in town.