Curious Minnesota
Curious Minnesota
Minnesota Star Tribune
How a 13-ton piece of public art no one wanted found a Minnesota home
18 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2025 at 2:59 pm.
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A scuplture called “The Scroll” once had a prominent spot in downtown Minneapolis. It stood in front of the old central library for more than 4 decades. Alicia Eler, the Minnesota Star Tribune's visual art reporter and critic, joins host Erica Pearson to tell the story of how the sculpture narrowly missed ending up in a scrap heap when the library building was demolished to make way for a new one.