Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Welcome!
The Montana Museum of Art and Culture would like to invite you to visit our new building, the first permanent home in history for our nearly 12,000 object collection. We are located at 795 S 5th St E on the University of Montana's campus. Unable to visit us in person at this time? You can explore our Permanent Collection online or check out virtual tours of recent exhibitions.
Visiting Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Home Football Game Days: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Tour Times:
Daily Docent Tours: Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Special Topic Docent Tours: Thursdays, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
In the Know Artist Talks: Wednesdays, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
You can find a list of our upcoming special topic tours and artist talks here. Our daily tours are free and open to the public. If you would like to schedule a personalized or private tour, please contact our operations manager Peggy Nesbitt at peggy.nesbitt@mso.umt.edu.
Become a Volunteer:
We're seeking volunteers to help us with the task of processing, documenting, and moving our collection into our new home. If you'd like to become a volunteer, please contact our program coordinator Dagny Walton at dagny.walton@mso.umt.edu.
MMAC Docents:
Docents are an integral part of our museum operations and community. If you are curious about what a museum docent does or would like to become a docent yourself, please check out our docents' website here.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Selections from the Permanent Collection
To celebrate the opening of our new building, we have a rotating selection of masterworks on display in our second story gallery. This exhibition includes works of art by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Donatello, Peter Voulkos, Rudy and Lela Autio, Ben Steele, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Barbara Morgan, Nancy Erickson, and many others. We also have a variety of anonymous cornerstone works on display, such as a full samurai suit, a tempera panel from a lost Catholic altar, a Chinese Imperial throne screen, and two Japanese temple lanterns. Selections from the Permanent Collection will be on display until Fall 2025.
Gates of Friendship: Recent Acquisitions of Asian and Asian-American Art
Gates of Friendship, currently on display in our Batts Gallery, shines a spotlight on a diverse array of Asian and Asian-American artwork. Many of the objects on exhibit come from a recent transfer from the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collection's holdings of Senator Mike and Maureen Mansfield's collected art objects. Showstopper pieces include three Buddha statues donated by collector Kern Mattei, a kimono decorated with embroidered moths and chrysanthemums, and a series of Noh masks.
Social Justice Directive
MMAC Collections Committee's Direction on Social Justice
Adopted 9/11/2020
The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, the state’s largest publicly-owned collection of art, aspires to be an inclusive organization that supports, collects, and represents creative expression that rises from the breadth of the human experience.
Our efforts are strengthened by welcoming people of every race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, class, disability, age, national origin, and citizenship.
The MMAC Collections Committee pledges to prioritize the acquisition of work by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, women, and other historically marginalized artists.
We further commit to seeking broadly diverse leadership, input, and participation in all aspects of the MMAC Collections Committee's work.