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Community Big River Clean

  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Drive Winona United States (map)

Thank you to over 100+ volunteers and community organizations that helped make our 2024 Community Big River Community Clean a success!


And Spring Liquid-ation Sale at Shoppe MMAM

SATURDAY, APRIL 20    |   10:30AM - 12PM

Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 800 Riverview Drive, Winona, Minnesota

Spring has sprung and it’s time to get outside and get together to clean up the river we all love and care for. Join the Minnesota Marine Art Museum and other community organizations including Fastenal, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Winona, Winona Post, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Big River Magazine and the Land Stewardship Project on April 20 as we organize volunteer cleanup crews to pick up riverside flotsam, roadside trash, and manage the museum’s six-acres of riverfront plants and shoreline habitat.  MMAM’s Shoppe will also feature a weekend-long Spring Liquid-ation Sale featuring all kinds of unique items (books, paddles, water bottles, garden tools, sketch pads…) to help you deepen your connection to the outdoors as well as great discounts across the whole Shoppe to help us make room for new offerings!

Dig in and deepen your engagement and relationship with the waterfront at this inaugural Earth Day event, all the while supporting MMAM’s clean water and climate initiatives, in partnership and with the community! Families, all ages, and all abilities welcome.  

April 20 Schedule:

  • 10:00am: Museum opens [Registered participants get free museum admission, all day long], and Spring Liquidation Sale kicks off! 

  • 10:30am:  Teams assemble outside in the gardens at MMAM [800 Riverview Drive, Winona, MN].

  • 11am - 12pm:  Work crews are dispersed to clean up the river banks and surrounding areas.

Refreshments and treats available. Free museum admission for registered clean- up crew members. Please let us know if you can join us! 

Registration is now closed. Thank you!


River Clean Up Partners


Earlier Event: April 20
Spring Liquid-ation Sale
Later Event: April 25
Free Student Thursday