Plaza Building

Join one of our knowledgable docents on Friday evenings for a spotlight discussion of a work on view in the galleries.  These deep dives are a great way to spend time with a work of art!  

Join us in the galleries for an informal discussion by the Museum’s Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware, about her newest exhibition, Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. Museum admission will be free all evening (5-7PM), and the talk will begin at 5:30 in the upstairs gallery. Mexican photographer Manuel Carrillo (1906-1989) turned to the camera fairly late...

Join our Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack and Mary Statzer, Curator of Prints & Photographs for the University of New Mexico Art Museum for an in-gallery conversation about one of our most popular paintings from the Transcendental Painting Group, Awakening, (Memory of Father) 1943 by Agnes Pelton. Free With Admission image:...

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.  Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by the Amazing Cyndi, this program will introduce children to...