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.
Exhibitions & Dates
Engineered for Domestic Bliss
Jul 14 2018 - Jul 19 2020
Appliances made for the home in the decades before and after World War II
Jonathan Herrera Soto: In Between / Underneath (Entre / Por Debajo)
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Works depict recently murdered and missing Mexican journalists
Speculative Bodies
Jan 26 2019 - Mar 15 2020
Questions how technology has re-imagined the physical body