Tours
The Sherlock Holmes Collection
Tour 1 - Thursday, September 26, 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tour 2 - Thursday, September 26, 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Tour 3 - Thursday, September 26, 3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Tour 4 - Friday, September 27, 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tour 5 - Friday, September 27, 9:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Cost: $35
Nobel laureate and Mayo Clinic physician Dr. Philip S. Hench and his wife, Mary Kahler Hench, developed one of the most significant Sherlock Holmes collections in the world. The Hench family donated the collection to the University of Minnesota, including the 1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual in which the first Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet,” was published. The collection includes letters from Doyle to correspondents, along with the original artwork and sketches by Frederic Dorr Steele, the illustrator of Holmes stories for Collier’s Weekly. The University has added to the collection through various acquisitions and currently houses over 60,000 pieces.
While the collection is not generally available for viewing, University curator Timothy Johnson has arranged to have a 221B Baker Street room set up for viewing and will talk about the collection, Sherlock, Watson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Tim is extremely knowledgeable about the collection, the author and the character and is a regular contributor to the Sherlock Holmes Society.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes transportation and lecture.
F. Scott Fitzgerald & St. Paul City Tour
Tour 1 - Thursday, September 26, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Tour 2 - Thursday, September 26, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour 3 - Thursday, September 26, 9:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $45
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The tour will begin in the Irvine Park and downtown areas. One of the most beautiful parks in the city, Irvine Park is a small green area surrounded by old Victorian Houses and nestled quietly within walking distance of downtown Saint Paul and West Seventh Street.
In Downtown St. Paul, learn about Rice Park, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Landmark Center, Children’s Museum, Mickey’s Diner, Minnesota History Center, and the Minnesota State Capitol, considered the second most beautiful capitol building in the United States, after Utah. Visit the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Paul, the fourth largest cathedral in the United States with seating for 3,000 people. Built in the Classical Renaissance style of architecture, the Cathedral dome is modeled after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Additionally, learn about The Fitzgerald Theater. In 1981 author Garrison Keillor campaigned to have the World Theatre (formerly Shubert Theatre) in downtown Saint Paul renamed in honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Next, the tour travels along Summit Avenue, a monumental boulevard of houses, churches, synagogues and schools. Streets like Summit Avenue were not uncommon in the 19th century, but Summit Avenue stands as the best-preserved example of the Victorian monumental residential boulevard in America. On Summit Avenue the tour group will be met by David Page, an F. Scott Fitzgerald historian, professor, author and former writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. David will talk as we walk and ride by some of the homes, watering holes and the neighborhood sites of the famed author during his earlier time on Summit.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes transportation and lecture.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Tour 1 - Thursday, September 26, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Tour 2 - Sunday, September 29, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Tour 3 - Sunday, September 29, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $30
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has created a special tour for JASNA AGM attendees that will include items from the Museum’s collection of paintings and artifacts from Jane Austen’s era, the permanent Georgian and Tudor rooms, and more.
The Museum’s permanent collection has grown from 800 works of art in 1883 to more than 83,000 objects. The MIA has seven curatorial areas: Arts of Africa & the Americas; Contemporary Art; Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture; Asian Art; Paintings; Photography and New Media; and Prints and Drawings.
Designed by the preeminent New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, the doors opened in 1915. The latest expansion was the Target Wing which created an additional 34 galleries, a number of study rooms and a Research Library.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes transportation and lecture.
Guthrie Theater Backstage Tour & Speaker
Thursday, September 26, 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Cost: $40
The Guthrie Theater opened in 1963 with a production of Hamlet directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie, the theater’s founder. Because the founders were disenchanted by Broadway, they created a theater with a resident acting company that would perform classics in rotating repertory with the highest professional standards. This tour includes a history of the theater and a “behind the scenes” backstage tour with a peek at a prop display, dressing room, costume shop and rehearsal shop.
Following the backstage tour, a speaker from the Guthrie will talk about the recent production of Pride and Prejudice. This is an exclusive tour for the JASNA AGM.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes transportation and guide.
Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis Historic Pub Crawl & Tour
Tour 1 - Thursday, September 26, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tour 2 - Thursday, September 26, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost: $35
Discover the richness of Minneapolis history and satisfy your thirst with some fine beverages along Washington Avenue. This tour, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Mill City Museum, will highlight the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling, immigration, entertainment and vice to the story of the Mill City. A trolley will pick up participants at the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel and travel through the neighborhoods along Washington Avenue, stopping at significant historic places and two watering holes in historic buildings. Tour participants must be 21 or older. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes trolley and guide.
Historic Riverfront & Main Street Guided Walking Tour
Tour 1 - Friday, September 27, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tour 2 - Sunday, September 29, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $20
The town of St. Anthony was established on the east side of the Mississippi in 1848, a few years before its neighbor Minneapolis started on the west side. Despite that head start, Minneapolis annexed St. Anthony in 1872. Stroll through Minneapolis’s oldest neighborhood with a Mill City Museum guide, who will highlight the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. Organized by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Mill City Museum, the tour will explore life in the village of St. Anthony, changes along Main Street throughout the years, and such landmarks as the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin and Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs.
This tour will begin and end at Pracna on Main Restaurant, 117 Main Street S.E. Transportation to the restaurant is not included in the fee.
West Riverfront Tour
Tour 1 - Friday, September 27, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tour 2 - Sunday, September 29, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Cost: $20
Stone Arch Bridge
Visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, once the flour milling center of the world and now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding them and downtown Minneapolis.
This tour will begin at the Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street. Transportation to the museum is not included in the fee.
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Tour
Monday, September 30, 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $69
Renowned as “a resource for northern gardeners,” the Arboretum spans more than 1,000 acres which hosts 5,000 varieties of plants. Enjoy a motorized tram tour of annual and perennial gardens, a Japanese garden, and natural areas containing woodlands, prairie, and marshes. Time will be available to walk the gardens on your own. Lunch is included.
Pick-up: Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. Fee includes lunch, tram and guide.