In an effort to keep you and your loved ones safe, you can expect:
• Adjusted Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11AM – 4PM, closed Mondays
• FREE admission on Thursdays and on 2nd Saturdays of the month
• Enhanced cleaning, social distancing throughout the building, smaller capacities in galleries
• Wearing masks is required

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The Muskegon Museum of Art’s annual holiday event, the Festival of Trees is making some adjustments. This year, in consideration of community health, the MMA staff and FOT volunteer committee decided to spread the holiday spirit into downtown. The MMA, collaborating with downtown businesses and organizations, is organizing a new version of the annual holiday event – Festival of Wreaths – a wreath walk event that people can enjoy from the sidewalk or street from November 24 through December 6, 2020. More…

Alcoa Foundation/Ernest and Marjorie Cooper Gallery

The annual Postcard Salon, rescheduled from earlier this year, is now open. Postcard Salon showcases the amazing creativity of our artist community and this year, setting a record, around 1,700 cards by nearly 600 artists are on display.

The 4 x 6 inch artworks in the show were created in a wide array of media and theme. Peruse all the artworks and choose your favorites to purchase in the Sale on October 30 & 31. Please note: The occupancy limit for this gallery is 5 guests (but plenty of other exhibition galleries are open to enjoy if there’s a wait). More…

Click HERE to view the Muskegon Museum of Art’s 2020 Fall Journal.

AVAILABLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The Muskegon Museum has compiled a list of resources to help our artist community weather recent financial hardship.

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Out of caution and respect for our artists, the annual juried Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition has been postponed until 2021.  The Michigan Contemporary Exhibition will run September 23 through November 10, 2021. Call for Entries will go live in April 2021. Entry information will be posted later, as soon as it becomes available. More…

MMA offers free admission for families receiving food assistance

The Muskegon Museum of Art has joined Museums for All, which allows families and individuals receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits to visit the Muskegon Museum of Art free of charge. Guests must present a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to receive free admission. Up to four guests per card, visiting in one group, are allowed free admission.

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The Muskegon Museum of Art unveiled Minotaur Reading, by British artist Beth Carter, in the Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery last week. Minotaur is a bronze sculpture depicting the mythical Minotaur reading a gilded book.

Photo by Jennifer Green Photography

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The Muskegon Museum of Art will present GLASS Treasures from the Permanent Collection, a spectacular and immersive glass experience, through November 29, 2020. The exhibition will transform the L.C. and Margaret Walker Galleries into a dynamic and vibrant display of translucent color (and sound!) with works from our incredible collection of vintage and modern glass and offer the very rare opportunity to experience the impressive entirety of the MMA’s fine art glass.

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