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
Emblems of a Prosperous Life: Women’s Robes of Late Imperial China (1700s – 1800s)
Jul 14 2018 - Jun 30 2019
The clothing of 18th and 19th century aristocratic Chinese women
Without Boundaries: Fiber Sculptures and Paintings by Women Artists
Jul 28 2018 - Jul 21 2019
13 artists question the division between painting and fiber art
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists
Jun 2 2019 - Aug 18 2019
100+ masterworks across time, place, and media
New to Mia: Paintings of All Shapes and Sizes!
Dec 8 2018 - Dec 8 2019
A range of modern and contemporary works
Meiro Koizumi: Battlelands
Jan 26 2019 - Apr 28 2019
Explores how traumatic memories of war impact the daily lives of veterans
Beyond the Fragrance: Beauty & Symbolism in Chinese Flower & Bird Painting
Dec 1 2018 - Jun 2 2019
Motifs of flowers and birds convey both natural beauty and symbolic meaning
Growing the Collection: Drawings and Collage, 1960 to Now
Dec 22 2018 - Sep 1 2019
Recent additions to the collection
All Flowers in Bloom: Porcelains from China’s Last Dynasty
Nov 24 2018 - Jun 30 2019
The porcelain achievements of China’s Qing Dynasty
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