Progress of the State the group was taken down from the capitol roof for a year-long restoration procedure. The quadriga was reinstalled in 1995 and the figures have had several minor "in situ" reapplications of gold leaf since. A comprehensive restoration of the State Capitol building was completed in August 2017. Progress of the State Progress of the State is the title of a group of sculptural figures that sits above the south portico, at the main entrance to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, the state capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The statuary group is in an arrangement known as
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind Deaf, which was established three years earlier (1863). The Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library is an extension of the Academy for the Blind. It serves people of all ages everywhere in Minnesota with a collection of hundreds of thousands of items. It is funded by the state and federal governments. Blind Department Building and Dow Hall at the State Academy for the Blind are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other facilities include Lysen Hall. Minnesota State Academy for the Blind Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (MSAB) (formerly known as the Braille and Sight Saving School)