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We are honored to be selected as the Best Museum in Monterey County for the fourth consecutive year. We will continue to create programs, exhibitions and events to engage the entire community.

"Yu-gen is a complex word, more felt than described in words. I want viewers to 'feel' what it is like for Ryuijie and me when we free dive and photograph." --Chuck Davis

MONTEREY, CA (AUGUST 13, 2024)—Supporting its long-term vision to become a regional hub for California arts and culture, Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) announced today that it has chosen Jensen Architects of San Francisco to re-imagine its current...

Whatever the hue and no matter where in nature it appears, blue is always more than a color. Not to disparage the others, but blue has a uniquely transformative power. Few blue flowers exist so maybe that's at least partly why the salvia in my garden...

MONTEREY, CA (JULY 17, 2024) – With its mission to celebrate the diversity of California art past, present and future, the Monterey Museum of Art’s (MMA) fall 2024 exhibition season presents Imagining China: The Art of Belle Yang and Joseph Yang, on...

MONTEREY, CA (JULY 12, 2024) - Celebrating creative partnerships that result in potent artistic legacies, Monterey Museum of Art's (MMA) fall 2024 exhibition season features four thematically related exhibitions including: Under the Guard Tower: The...

Deeply rooted in antiquity and ignited by its rediscovery, the Renaissance, David Ligare's art soars above centuries, far from conventions of contemporary art. Ligare is not a realist, he insists, because realists have to make paintings about now....

MONTEREY, CA (March 19, 2024) – Experience the depths of art, history, and nature at the Monterey Museum of Art this spring and summer, featuring a meaningful season of exhibitions that reflect on the essence and importance of water in our lives and...

MONTEREY, CA (March 12, 2024)—This spring, Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) welcomes its summer headliner David Ligare: Spheres of Influence, an exhibition organized in collaboration with the artist and Winfield Gallery developed from a related...