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This Day in Minnesota History

January 31, 1883

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The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, the founding organization of the Minneapolis Institute of Art(s) and the Minneapolis School of Art (now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design), is incorporated, with William W. Folwell of the University of Minnesota as its first president.

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