New Mexico Museum of Art
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| Established | 1917 |
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| Location | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35°41′17″N 105°56′21″W / 35.6881°N 105.9392°W |
| Type | art museum |
| Director | Mary Kershaw |
| Website | http://www.nmartmuseum.org/ |
The New Mexico Museum of Art (formerly the Museum of Fine Arts), the oldest art museum in the state of New Mexico, is one of four state-run museums in Santa Fe. It is one of eight museums in the state operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
The museum is located at 107 West Palace Avenue, one block off the historic Santa Fe Plaza. Designed by Isaac Rapp and built in 1917, it is an example of Pueblo Revival Style architecture, and one of Santa Fe's best-known representations of the synthesis of Native American and Spanish Colonial design styles.
The museum’s permanent collection includes over 20,000 works by artists ranging from the members of the historic Taos and Santa Fe art colonies of the past hundred years to cutting-edge contemporary art from around the region and the world. Notable collections include works by the Cinco Pintores, the Taos Society of Artists, Gustave Baumann, the Transcendental Painting Group, fine art photography, contemporary Native American artists such as Fritz Scholder, T. C. Cannon, Bob Haozous and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, art of the New Deal, new media, including video installations; two sculpture gardens and an important collection of Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.
The Museum of Art hosts changing exhibitions featuring artists of New Mexico and the Southwest. The shows range from traditional art to contemporary lithographs and photographs. The museum also attracts traveling exhibitions with international scope.
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