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Among the city's institutions of higher education are facilities of the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota (1851), Augsburg College (1869), North Central Bible College (1930), and Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1886). Prominent cultural facilities include the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the Walker Art Center, which has a fine collection of 20th-century art; the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, designed by American architect Frank Gehry; and the American Swedish Institute. The Minnesota Orchestra and the Guthrie Theater Company are based in the city. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, completed in the early 1980s, is the home of the Minnesota Twins baseball team and the Minnesota Vikings football team. The Minnesota Timberwolves professional basketball team plays at the Target Center sports facility.
