A steam shovel broke ground April 30, 1928. The auditorium at once became the University's central ceremonial site with commencements, lectures, convocations, and performances.
Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus houses one of the finest examples of a late-romantic concert hall pipe organ in the United States.
Bring your special occasion to the outdoor plaza, your party to the lobby, your meeting to the Gold Room, or your artists to the historic Northrop stage.
