Beginning July 16, the Museum will reopen some of its galleries and welcome a limited number of visitors to ensure everyone’s health and well-being. Over the summer, more galleries of the Museum will be reopened as conditions allow. The schedule of exhibitions that were postponed due to the COVID-19 closure has also been updated, including the extension of our popular Volcano! and Art and Race Matters exhibitions. We are thrilled to announce new dates for Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism and Ansel Adams in Our Time, which were originally slated for this summer and fall.
As we begin welcoming the community back into our galleries, visitors can expect a number of changes that prioritize the health and safety of staff and visitors, following the guidelines set forth by the Governor and Oregon Health Authority for museums. Health precautions will include timed ticket entry, limited capacity, preferred entry and exit, and robust cleaning procedures. Event rentals, and the Northwest Film Center and its screenings, classes, and programs at both the Whitsell Auditorium and its headquarters, will reopen on a separate timeline in accordance with state and local guidance.
Look for more detailed information in the coming weeks about how you can visit the Museum again and reconnect with art.
ON VIEW
Special exhibitions to experience at the time of reopening
Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott
Through December 13, 2020
Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art
Through January 3, 2021
Being Present: Revisiting, Somewhat Unfaithfully, Portland’s Most Experimental Art Experiment, PCVA
Through October 2020
Though There Be Fury on the Waves: Victor Jorgensen at Sea, 1943–1945
Through April 25, 2021
EXTENDED
More galleries of the Museum will be reopened as conditions allow
The Art of Reading: American Publishing Posters of the 1890s
Through November 1, 2020
Objects of Contact: Encounters between Japan and the West
Through November 2020
APEX: Ed Bereal
Through February 2021
Bury the Hatchet: Prayer for My P’ah-Be: John Hitchcock
Through March 21, 2021
Isaka Shamsud-Din: Rock of Ages
Through August 2021
Portraiture from the Collection of Northwest Art
Through August 2021
UPCOMING
Joryū Hanga Kyōkai, 1956–1965: Japan’s Women Printmakers
August 2020 – February 2021
Ansel Adams in Our Time
January 30 – May 30, 2021
Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters from Between the World Wars
June 26 – September 26, 2021
Queen Nefertari: Eternal Egypt
August 21, 2021 – January 9, 2022
Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis
October 23, 2021 – January 23, 2022
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism
February 19 – June 5, 2022