Plaza Building

Valentines Day isn’t far off, so come make a card for the special people in your life! Explore the galleries for inspiration and then join us in the lobby to let your creativity flow! All supplies will be provided.  FREE, ALL AGES

Join us in the Goodwin Gallery for a walk through of the exhbition Ways of Seeing with Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware as she discusses the works on view and their importance to the museum’s collection.  Free with Admission image credit: Anthony O’Brien, Untitled (Portrait of a young girl), 2013, pigment print, 20 x 16...

Sharpen your pencils and join us for an evening of drawing in the galleries! Staff will lead a series of introductory drawng exercises for those who would like. Everyone else is invited to pull out their sketch pad and find inspiration in the galleries. Participants are invited to bring their own drawing supplies (pencils only...

Join Assistant Curator, Katie Doyle for an in depth gallery talk on the exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again and explore Dillingham’s personal ceramic practice and collection of artwork and Indigenous ceramics.  Free with Admission image credit:  Rick Dillingham, Untitled Ceramic Vessel, 1985-1986, ceramic, gold leaf, enamel and glue, 12 x 15...

Join us on Saturday, December 16 for one of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s most endearing traditions, our annual Holiday Open House! Explore the galleries and create holiday crafts at our Plaza location and the new Vladem Contemporary. Enjoy outstanding performances by some of Santa Fe’s most talented young musicians with the Santa Fe...

Come in from the cold and get to know your New Mexico Museum of Art a little better! Take a fresh look at works from the permanent collection along with the exhibitions Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again; Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969; The Nature of Glass, and...

A joint program of the New Mexico Museum of Art, the New Mexico History Museum, and Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum. Please join us for a fun-filled, all-ages event all about the marionettes and woodblock landscapes of beloved New Mexico artist Gustave Baumann.  Come tour the Baumann exhibit onboard the Wonders on Wheels mobile museum,...

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library. Every other Monday at 10:30 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...

The New Mexico Museum of Art has rich holdings of materials pertaining to many artists in New Mexico. Please join us for a look into the archives as we celebrate Rick Dillingham’s birthday by discovering letters, cards & ephemera that belonged to him. Be sure to view the exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and...

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.  Every other Monday at 10:30 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...