Founded in 1883, the museum has expanded its original neoclassical landmark building with two major additions to hold a collection of more than 89,000 objects spanning 20,000 years and representing diverse cultures across all continents.
Collections are grouped into seven curatorial areas: Arts of Africa & the Americas; Contemporary Art; Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture; Asian Art; Paintings; Photography and New Media; and Prints and Drawings.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
The Root Collection: Living with Japanese Ceramics
Aug 19 2023 - May 12 2024
Tea bowls and other tea ware, standing and hanging vases, and sculpture
Latin American Art at Mia
Sep 16 2023 - Apr 28 2024
Art from Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1940s
Networks of Care
Jan 13 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Photography, paintings, and other media explore the networks of care that surround us
The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989
Mar 23 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Works by artists who come of age at a time of rapid change in Korea
Collage/Assemblage Part II: 1990-Now
Feb 24 2024 - Aug 18 2024
Highlights both formal and conceptual experimentation
Tanaka Ryōhei: Portrait of a Home
Feb 10 2024 - Nov 10 2024
Woeks by a prolific Japanese printmaker who specialized in etchings
Year of the Dragon: Mystical Creatures of the Sky
Feb 10 2024 - May 5 2024
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon
American Gothic: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson
Jan 6 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Nearly sixty photographs from a yearlong fellowship
Wandering With Dutch Artists
Dec 16 2023 - Jun 2 2024
Etchings inspired by travellers' sketches
Reimagining Native/American Art
Nov 11 2023 - May 27 2024
Native American and American art seen together
Dwelling in Mountains: Reclusion in Chinese Landscape Painting
Oct 1 2023 - Dec 8 2024
Classical Chinese paintings express the idyllic life of mountain dwellers