Santa Fe's Museum Hill is one of the great cultural concentrations in the American Southwest, four world-class institutions within easy walking distance of each other, spanning folk art, Indigenous art, natural history, and Spanish colonial heritage.
Cultural Center Railyard District · Santa Fe
A vibrant community arts and cultural center in the Railyard celebrating Hispanic and Indigenous art, music, and heritage through exhibitions, markets, and year-round cultural events.
Museum Downtown Santa Fe · Santa Fe
The only museum in the world dedicated to an individual American woman artist, housing the definitive collection of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
Museum Downtown Santa Fe · Santa Fe
The national museum of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native art, presenting the most important collection of this work in the United States.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
One of the world's premier museums dedicated to the living arts and cultures of Native peoples of the Southwest, with extraordinary collections of pottery, textiles, jewelry, and contemporary art.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
Home to the world's largest collection of international folk art - over 135,000 objects from more than 100 countries - on a scenic hill above Santa Fe.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
The only museum in the country dedicated to the Spanish Colonial art tradition of the Americas, housing an exceptional collection of santos, retablos, furniture, and textiles spanning 500 years.
Museum Plaza Santa Fe · Santa Fe
The state's oldest art museum, housed in a landmark 1917 Pueblo Revival building, with permanent collections of New Mexico art spanning a century.
Museum Railyard District · Santa Fe
An internationally acclaimed independent contemporary art space in the Railyard District, presenting ambitious large-scale exhibitions by globally significant artists alongside a celebrated biennial.
Museum Railyard District · Santa Fe
A new branch of the New Mexico Museum of Art in the Railyard District, dedicated to contemporary and modern art from 1945 to the present in a striking renovated industrial space.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
Dedicated to Native American art and culture, with a particular focus on Diné ceremonial arts and contemporary Native American artists.
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The New Mexico Museum of Art, housed in a 1917 Spanish Colonial Revival building on the Plaza, anchors Santa Fe's institutional art scene with rotating exhibitions and a permanent collection emphasizing New Mexico's own artistic tradition. A short walk brings you to Museum Hill, where four institutions cluster together: the Museum of International Folk Art holds the largest collection of folk art in the world, with more than 130,000 objects spanning every inhabited continent. The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture presents the arts and cultures of the Southwest's Indigenous peoples, Pueblo, Diné, Apache, and more, with depth and respect. The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian focuses on Diné art and weaving, while the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art documents the centuries of Hispanic artistic tradition in New Mexico. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum on Johnson Street draws visitors from around the world to the work of the artist most identified with this landscape. Between Museum Hill and the Plaza, Santa Fe offers more museum-quality art per square mile than almost any city its size in the country.
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