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Located in the historic Old Main building on Northern Arizona University’s north campus, the NAU Art Museum presents fine and contemporary art exhibitions featuring local, national and internationally renowned artists. The Marguerite Hettel Weiss Collection is displayed on the building’s third floor. This diverse collection includes paintings and sculptures by noted twentieth-century Mexican and American artists such as Diego Rivera and Francisco Zuniga and turn-of-the-century furniture and antiques. The second floor features six to eight temporary exhibitions of contemporary art yearly.

The premier showcase for contemporary art in the region, the NAU Art Museum presents creative, cutting edge exhibitions. With the understanding that education is paramount to the university, the museum strives to emphasize the production of creative uniqueness and diversity in medium, thus exposing the student body and surrounding community to a comprehensive artistic variety. Through such activities, the museum seeks to facilitate intellectual inquiry and scholarship and enrichment in understanding of the contemporary visual environment in which we live.

Art museum hours: noon-5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday
Website: www.nau.edu/art_museum Phone: 928-523-3471
Location: on the corner of Knoles and McMullen circle in the historic Old Main building.
Admission: $2.00 suggested donation