Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

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Open Daily 10am-5pm from May through October
Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm from November through April.
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The mission of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology is to inspire appreciation for and knowledge of the diverse native arts, histories, languages, and cultures of the Greater Southwest. A visit to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is an excellent introduction to the complexity and diversity of the Native American cultures of the region. Here, you can listen to the sto

ries and songs that tell of origins and the long history of the Native people of the Southwest, witness the development of new forms of art, or learn about the contemporary lives and lifeways of the Southwest's indigenous populations. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.

Another week means another  ! This week features jewelry from an exhibition in 2021 ‘Collecting Jewelry: Curator H.P. Me...
09/05/2024

Another week means another ! This week features jewelry from an exhibition in 2021 ‘Collecting Jewelry: Curator H.P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932.’ The pieces, outstanding in their craftsmanship and artistry, were handmade from silver coins or ingots of silver before the general availability of advanced mechanical tools and commercial commodities. These works shed light on the importance of silver to the Navajo people of the time and form the inspiration to the jewelry artists that have followed.

This Sunday Funday catch The Oak Canyon Dancers (Pueblo of Jemez) performance in the Milner Plaza Performance Circle. Pe...
08/30/2024

This Sunday Funday catch The Oak Canyon Dancers (Pueblo of Jemez) performance in the Milner Plaza Performance Circle. Performances are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

A look back at “Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans”, an exhibit from 2017. In the exhibit, the term “lifeways” refers ...
08/29/2024

A look back at “Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans”, an exhibit from 2017. In the exhibit, the term “lifeways” refers to how the Southern Athabaskans provided for themselves through a combination of ethno-botanical knowledge, hunting skills, and horse culture.

Come make a loom beaded bracelet on September 1st at our Sunday Fun Day! The Oak Canyon Dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez...
08/27/2024

Come make a loom beaded bracelet on September 1st at our Sunday Fun Day! The Oak Canyon Dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez will also be dancing at 11am and 2pm as part of our Native Dance Series.

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a division of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs, which is committed to maintainin...
08/27/2024

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a division of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs, which is committed to maintaining a safe, positive online environment. All social media posts/comments/tagging must be topical to the overall focus and topic area of our social media account, as well as verifiably accurate and factual. Read more about our social media standards online: https://nmculture.org/legal/social-media-standards

Now open at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture! 'Driving the Market: Award Winning Contemporary Native Art,' will expand th...
08/23/2024

Now open at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture! 'Driving the Market: Award Winning Contemporary Native Art,' will expand the definition of Native art to include work in new mediums and non-customary styles reflected in the evolving market categories and awards.

📣TWO WEEKS LEFT! Active-duty military personnel and their families can enjoy free admission to 8 NM Dept. of Cultural Af...
08/21/2024

📣TWO WEEKS LEFT! Active-duty military personnel and their families can enjoy free admission to 8 NM Dept. of Cultural Affairs museums, including the New Mexico History Museum, through the Blue Star Museums program!

Offered with support from NM Arts, the program runs through Sept. 2, 2024. Learn more at www.arts.gov/initiatives/blue-star-museums. We’re proud to be part of Blue Star Museums, a national appreciation program, to thank our military families for their service and share with them New Mexico’s cultural treasures.

Opening this weekend! 'Driving the Market: Award Winning Contemporary Native Art,' will expand the definition of Native ...
08/15/2024

Opening this weekend! 'Driving the Market: Award Winning Contemporary Native Art,' will expand the definition of Native art to include work in new mediums and non-customary styles reflected in the evolving market categories and awards. more info at: https://miaclab.org/calendar

MIAC interim director Danyelle Means joined Report from Santa Fe to discuss the grand opening of the JoAnn and Bob Balze...
08/14/2024

MIAC interim director Danyelle Means joined Report from Santa Fe to discuss the grand opening of the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery!

Danyelle Means discusses the "The JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery."

Join us for our next Native Narrative Speaker Series on Thursday, August 22nd from 1-3pm with artist Marla Allison (Lagu...
08/13/2024

Join us for our next Native Narrative Speaker Series on Thursday, August 22nd from 1-3pm with artist Marla Allison (Laguna Pueblo), who will discuss "Ancient Connections of the Past to the Present." We hope to see you there!



We are excited to partner with SWAIA - Santa Fe Indian Market on the 2nd annual Get Indigenous Film Festival!!
08/13/2024

We are excited to partner with SWAIA - Santa Fe Indian Market on the 2nd annual Get Indigenous Film Festival!!

Counting the days until the opening of our new gallery and its inaugural exhibition 'Driving the Market' featuring works...
08/12/2024

Counting the days until the opening of our new gallery and its inaugural exhibition 'Driving the Market' featuring works from over 45 artists including Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo), Tony Abeyta (Diné/Navajo), Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo), Connie Tsosie Gaussoin (Picuris Pueblo and Diné/Navajo), and Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo).

TOMORROW! Breakfast and exhibition tour of Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles, with Lynda Teller Pet...
08/12/2024

TOMORROW! Breakfast and exhibition tour of Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles, with Lynda Teller Pete (Diné) weaver and Kevin Aspaas (Diné) weaver and advisory committee member for Horizons. Learn about the exhibit and the collaborative work of this extraordinary exhibit which has been extended to February 2025. Don't miss it! Purchase tickets at: my.nmculture.org/overview/37112

Join us for a Book Signing for the new exhibition book "Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles" on Tuesd...
08/11/2024

Join us for a Book Signing for the new exhibition book "Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles" on Tuesday, August 13th starting at noon! Contributors Lynda Teller Pete (Diné), Hadley Jensen, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), Kevin Aspaas (Diné), and Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Diné) will be signing the books.

Books will be available for purchase at the Museum Gift Shop.

This Sunday, join us for a special screening of Art is Culture, Culture is ART.
08/08/2024

This Sunday, join us for a special screening of Art is Culture, Culture is ART.

Opening on August 18, Driving the Market features over 45 artists including Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo), Tony Abeyta (D...
08/08/2024

Opening on August 18, Driving the Market features over 45 artists including Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo), Tony Abeyta (Diné/Navajo), Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo), Connie Tsosie Gaussoin (Picuris Pueblo and Diné/Navajo), and Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo).

This Friday, enjoy breakfast and exhibition tour of Painted by Hand: Textiles of Patricia Michaels, with co-curators, To...
08/07/2024

This Friday, enjoy breakfast and exhibition tour of Painted by Hand: Textiles of Patricia Michaels, with co-curators, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), Marita Hinds (Tesuque Pueblo) and Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo). Patricia is the 2024 Native Treasure Art Market, Living Treasure Award recipient, fashion designer and textile artist. Tickets at: my.nmculture.org/overview/37112

Throwback to 2011 and the exhibition A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos featuring ceramic m...
08/01/2024

Throwback to 2011 and the exhibition A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos featuring ceramic masterpieces of both Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos.

The 3rd Annual Nakotah LaRance Youth Hoop Dance Championship is this weekend at MIAC! Lightning Boy Foundation, Inc.    ...
08/01/2024

The 3rd Annual Nakotah LaRance Youth Hoop Dance Championship is this weekend at MIAC! Lightning Boy Foundation, Inc.

Coming soon to MIAC! The JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery. The gallery’s inaugural exhibi...
07/31/2024

Coming soon to MIAC! The JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery. The gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Driving the Market: Award Winning Native Contemporary Art, will debut on August 18, 2024.

📸974 Triumph TR6 convertible. Courtesy of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Photography by Tira Howard.

We had so much fun at our Arts Alive! event yesterday with Ehren Kee Natay.
07/29/2024

We had so much fun at our Arts Alive! event yesterday with Ehren Kee Natay.

Don’t miss our final Arts Alive event this weekend! Join us on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for canvas painting with Eh...
07/25/2024

Don’t miss our final Arts Alive event this weekend! Join us on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for canvas painting with Ehren Kee Natay (Dine/Kewa)!

A look back to 2013 and the exhibition What’s New in New: Recent Acquisitions. This exhibition featured new acquisitions...
07/18/2024

A look back to 2013 and the exhibition What’s New in New: Recent Acquisitions. This exhibition featured new acquisitions celebrating the gallery’s namesake, Lloyd Kiva New.

Don't miss our next Arts Alive! event this Sunday, July 21st as we make and decorate pottery! See you there!            ...
07/18/2024

Don't miss our next Arts Alive! event this Sunday, July 21st as we make and decorate pottery! See you there!

On view at MIAC, Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo). This exhibition tells the story of Pa...
07/10/2024

On view at MIAC, Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo). This exhibition tells the story of Patricia’s journey to create the designs she uses in her garments.

ICYMI! The Museum Hill partner institutions invite you to experience an array of art, culture, and nature all in one pla...
07/09/2024

ICYMI! The Museum Hill partner institutions invite you to experience an array of art, culture, and nature all in one place with the Passport to Museum Hill. Get your passport stamped at MIAC and the other four participating partners: Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum.

Join us for Sunday Fun Day on July 7th at our first Arts Alive! event of the summer. The Tesuque Pueblo Dance Group will...
06/30/2024

Join us for Sunday Fun Day on July 7th at our first Arts Alive! event of the summer. The Tesuque Pueblo Dance Group will also be performing at 11am and 2pm as part of our Native Dance Series. See you there!

Learn What's Next in Native Fashion with Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo), Penny Singer (Diné), and our 2024 Living Treasure ...
06/16/2024

Learn What's Next in Native Fashion with Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo), Penny Singer (Diné), and our 2024 Living Treasure Award Recipient Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) as part of our Native Narratives Speaker Series on June 29th! Visit my.nmculture.org/overview/26827 to reserve your tickets!

We're happy to announce Elisa Phelps has been named Head of Curatorial Affairs. In her new role Phelps will oversee the ...
06/10/2024

We're happy to announce Elisa Phelps has been named Head of Curatorial Affairs. In her new role Phelps will oversee the museum’s curatorial department, leading efforts to expand and diversify MIAC’s programming, develop new exhibitions, and engage with Native American communities to ensure their voices are represented and honored in the museum’s programming.

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A visit to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is an excellent introduction to the complexity and diversity of the Native American cultures of the region. Here, you can listen to the stories and songs that tell of origins and the long history of the Native people of the Southwest, witness the development of new forms of art, or learn about the contemporary lives and lifeways of the Southwest's indigenous populations. HOURS Open Daily 10am-5pm from May through October Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm from November through April. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25th, January 1st, and Easter Sunday


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