The Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1917 as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico. It is housed in a spectacular Pueblo Revival building designed by I. H. and William M. Rapp, it was based on their New Mexico building at the Panama-California Exposition (1915). The museum's architecture inaugurated what has come to be known as famous "Santa Fe Style".
The building combines aspects of several Southwestern regional styles with elements of the facades of the Spanish mission churches of Acoma, Laguna and San Felipe Pueblos. For more than eighty-five years the Museum has collected and exhibited work by artists from New Mexico and elsewhere.
Getting there
Museum of Fine Arts 107 West Palace Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico Contact Phone: (505) 476-5072
The museum is located on the northwest corner of the historic Plaza.
Entrance Fee
Admission: $7; free for children under 16. Free on Fridays 5pm to 8pm
Operating Hours
Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours daily 10.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.
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