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Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Pacifica Quartet

Wednesday, March 3 | 8 pm

Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices over the past 26 years, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international...

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Virtual Weinberg Lecture of Egyptology: Learning from Egyptian Mummies

Sunday, March 7 | 2 pm

The evolution of diseases and their role in human history can be discovered through archaeological evidence provided by the study of mummies. This is done using traditional...

Virtual Lunchtime Lecture: Change the Face: Finding Power in Identity

Thursday, March 11 | Noon

Join us this Women’s History Month as we consider the intersections of power and identity via the NCMA’s contemporary art collection. Hear from Mellon Foundation Assistant...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Sensory Journey through Art

Thursday, March 11 | 7 pm

Join us for a sensory journey to Africa while exploring Lines That Link Humanity by El Anatsui. We’ve partnered with Arts Access and On My Way Bartending to offer this...

NCMA To Go Activity Kits: Mini Modern Paintings

Saturday, March 13 | 10 am

Get creative and inspired by NCMA art and artists at home! Each NCMA To Go activity kit has materials for a complete art-making project for one person, plus written...

Mindful Museum: Slow-Art Appreciation

Wednesday, March 17 | 7 pm

Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...

NCMA Film Club

NCMA Film Club: !Women Art Revolution

Friday, March 19 | 7 pm

If you enjoy watching and talking about films, join us for a virtual meeting of the NCMA Film Club! To celebrate Women’s History Month, we are featuring the documentary...

Virtual Workshop for Teens; Live from the Studio: Scribble, Paint, Glue with Ursula Gullow

Saturday, March 20 | 1:30 pm

Use paint and mixed-media materials in unexpected ways to create expressive works of art. Working with random prompts, tap into your wild and wonderful subconscious. This...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Pinchas Zukerman, violin Shai Wosner, piano

Saturday, March 20 | 8 pm

Violin and viola soloist, conductor, and chamber musician Pinchas Zukerman is known for the expressive lyricism of his playing, singular beauty of tone, and impeccable...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Family Growga Moment

Monday, March 22 | 4 pm

Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Aizuri Quartet

Monday, March 22 | 8 pm

Praised by the Washington Post for “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the...

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Teacher Tuesdays: Special Exhibition Access for Educators

Tuesday, March 23 | 4 pm

Teachers are invited to enjoy exclusive access to our East Building exhibitions, including Golden Mummies of Egypt. Reflect and recharge in an inspiring atmosphere at a...

NCMA in Dialogue: Seeking Self

Wednesday, March 24 | 7 pm

Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...

Virtual Freedom Seder

Wednesday, March 24 | 7 pm

Join the NCMA and the Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery for the inaugural Freedom Seder, a time to recognize freedom from slavery, remember stories of liberation, and lift...

Virtual Humber Lecture: A Century of Women: The NCMA’s Collection of Female Artists

Thursday, March 25 | 7 pm

Women artists have been marginalized for centuries and underrepresented in most museums, including the NCMA. The Museum is working to challenge and change this oversight...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, April 6 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Virtual Lunchtime Lecture: A Date with Director Hillings

Thursday, April 8 | Noon

NCMA Director Valerie Hillings reflects upon various milestones in the Museum’s history and previews some exciting future plans. 

If you do not receive a confirmation...

Morning Bird Walk (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Saturday, April 10 | 8:30 am

Join our resident birding enthusiast, Park ranger Chantal Taunton, on a meandering 90-minute walk through the Museum Park in search of migratory and native birds. Wear a...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, April 10 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Juilliard String Quartet

Saturday, April 10 | 8 pm

Hailed by the Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the Juilliard String Quartet draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics while...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, April 13 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, April 17 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

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Virtual Lecture with an Egyptologist: Flinders Petrie on Golden Mummies, Race, and Faces

Saturday, April 17 | Noon

British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie was keen on matching skulls with mummy masks and portraits and identifying what he believed to be racial types. Join Dr. Campbell Price...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, April 20 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

NCMA in Dialogue: Environmental Art in a Time of Crisis

Wednesday, April 21 | 7 pm

Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...

Mindful Museum: Slow-Art Appreciation

Wednesday, April 21 | 7 pm

Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...

Earth Day Outdoor Movie: Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy

Thursday, April 22 | 8:30 pm

Celebrate Earth Day with a movie under the stars that conveys the powerful intersection of art and nature. Leaning into the Wind (PG, 2017) is a documentary about British...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, April 24 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Family Growga Moment

Monday, April 26 | 4 pm

Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, April 27 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, May 1 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, May 4 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Morning Bird Walk (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Saturday, May 8 | 8:30 am

Join our resident birding enthusiast, Park ranger Chantal Taunton, on a meandering 90-minute walk through the Museum Park in search of migratory and native birds. Wear a...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, May 8 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Gavilán Brothers

Saturday, May 8 | 8 pm

The Havana-born Gavilán Brothers perform original music from their breathtaking album, Brothers, composed by Aldo López-Gavilán and arranged for violin and piano by Ilmar...

Tai Chi in the Park (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Tuesday, May 11 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

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Virtual Lunchtime Lecture: Golden Mummies: Adapting Funerary Beliefs and Traditions

Thursday, May 13 | Noon

Gilded faces and stunning portraits, fancy wrappings and colorful trappings were synonymous with hope for the afterlife and the continuation of millennia-old traditions in...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, May 15 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Verona Quartet with Jordan Bak (viola) and Nicholas Mariscal (cello)

Saturday, May 15 | 8 pm

The recipient of Chamber Music America’s coveted Cleveland Quartet Award in 2020, the Verona Quartet is no stranger to the Triangle, having completed residencies in Durham...

Tai Chi in the Park

Tuesday, May 18 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Mindful Museum: Slow-Art Appreciation

Wednesday, May 19 | 7 pm

Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...

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NCMA in Dialogue: Art, Death, and Rebirth

Wednesday, May 19 | 7 pm

Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...

Virtual Panel Discussion: To Be Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary

Thursday, May 20 | 7 pm

This panel discussion on the exhibition To Be Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary features photographers Faith Couch and Jaylan Rhea in conversation with exhibition...

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Golden Mummies Family Day

Saturday, May 22 | 10 am

Discover the exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt with special activities just for families! This family day takes place both virtually and in person.

On the NCMA’s campus,...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, May 22 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Family Growga Moment

Monday, May 24 | 4 pm

Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...

Tai Chi in the Park

Tuesday, May 25 | 7 pm

This ancient Chinese martial art combines slow, gentle, flowing movements with focused attention and deep breathing. You’ll be ensconced in art and nature for an hour,...

Virtual Humber Lecture: Foundations of the NCMA: 1924–1960

Thursday, May 27 | 7 pm

In the early 1950s, North Carolina invested $1 million in a state art collection, leading to the creation of the North Carolina Museum of Art in 1956. Lyle Humphrey,...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, May 29 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, June 5 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, June 12 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, June 26 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, July 3 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, July 10 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, July 17 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, July 24 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, July 31 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, August 7 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, August 14 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, August 21 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, August 28 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, September 4 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, September 11 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, September 18 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, September 25 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, October 2 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, October 9 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, October 16 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, October 23 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...

Museum Park Tours

Saturday, October 30 | 10:30 am

Enjoy art and nature in a 90-minute tour that leads you through the Park past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas. The route has variations in surface...