Up to 55% off memberships to the Walker + 2 tickets to British Arrows Awards

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With this Groupon offer, choose between the following options:

  • For $59, you get an art center membership for one household (a $120 total value), which includes:
    • One Friend-level membership (a $100 value)
    • Two tickets to a screening of the British Arrows Awards (a $20 value)
  • For $99, you get an art center membership for two households (a $220 total value), which includes:
    • Two Friend-level memberships ($200 value)
    • Two tickets to a screening of the British Arrows Awards ($20 value)

Considered on par with art-museum majors such as the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, and Hirshhorn, the Walker Art Center began as the upper Midwest’s first public art gallery in 1927. Members enjoy nearly unfettered access to the 17-acre campus, which boasts a nationally heralded sculpture garden, home to the famed giant spoon and cherry. Guests can also explore a restaurant by D’Amico, a 385-seat theater, a 350-seat cinema, and a Herzog & de Meuron–designed expansion, housing enough visual, film, and performance art to simultaneously go on three museum dates at the same place without anyone running into each other.

Friend-level membership perks include all the benefits of a basic Walker membership, including free gallery admission every day, one-year subscriptions to Dwell and Walkermagazines, discounts on gift-shop gear, dining, special-event tickets, and partnering cultural institutions. In addition, the Friend membership comes with access to more than 450 museums in North America and around the world to keep members as culturally enriched as an art-history major breakfasting on yogurt.

Groupon-holders can snag a membership for themselves or gift one to a friend just in time to catch a screening of the 2011 British Arrow Awards, the museum’s most popular special event after tucking the portraits into bed. Formerly known as the British Television Advertising Awards, the program delights audiences by screening more than 150 innovative adverts from the UK, from comedic romps to emotional sagas. Screenings run several times a day from Friday, December 2, through Saturday, December 31, but shows often sell out, so please call in advance to safeguard seats.