Jan 19, 2023 – Apr 30, 2023
Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom’s Bay of Life Exhibition brings land and sea together for a unified view of Monterey Bay and its natural abundance.
More great exhibitions about (and by) our community.
Oct 3, 2014 – Dec 31, 2025
Discover the unheard stories of the people who made Santa Cruz County what it is today.
Dec 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2030
Take an inspired break among art outdoors. Explore outdoor sculpture – and the surrounding Santa Cruz vistas – from the museum’s permanent collection in this quiet rooftop space.
Oct 1, 2021 – Sep 24, 2023
Explore the important contributions, impact, and history of the LGBTQ+ community in Santa Cruz County.
Sep 16, 2022 – Jun 11, 2023
An art and garden project made in collaboration with artist jackie sumell and over two dozen mothers who are incarcerated, many of whom are serving life-sentences.
Sep 16, 2022 – Jun 10, 2023
An immersive installation by Hank Willis Thomas and Dr. Baz Dreisinger made from writings by incarcerated individuals and displayed across a historic jail-turned-museum.
Oct 14, 2022 – Feb 24, 2023
A new installation by Monica Canilao and Xara Thustra (MCXT) that reimagines the local Venetian Water Carnivals, a Victorian-era spectacle on the San Lorenzo River.
Jan 21, 2023 – Dec 31, 2025
A reimagined gallery space for resource sharing and creative collaboration.
Mar 10, 2023 – Jul 9, 2023
An international exhibition of writing by persons experiencing incarceration by Hank Willis Thomas and Dr. Baz Dreisinger.
May 12, 2023 – Sep 3, 2023
An exhibition by Cannupa Hanska Luger with mixed-media sculpture, regalia, and video, all based in myth, science fiction, and Indigenous futurism.
Jul 20, 2023 – Oct 8, 2023
An installation of laser cut sculptures by HYBYCOZO that explores geometry, mathematics, and patterns in traditional art forms.
Sep 21, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023
Light up the night at Frequency, the MAH's biennial arts festival.
Sep 21, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023
An interactive public memorial and augmented reality film focused on Santa Cruz's Chinatown by Huy Truong, Susana Ruiz, and Karen Tei Yamashita.
Sep 21, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024
A new light-based work by Belgian artist couple Tom and Lien Dekyvere that explores the relationships between organic and artificial structures.
Oct 20, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024
An exhibition on pioneering female comic book artists and how they drew themselves into the histories, politics, and futures from which the real world often excluded them.
Find your space amongst the creative and curious with three floors of bilingual exhibitions, events, educational resources, and community collaborations.