The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is open to groups to view the work of this amazing artist and that of her American Modernist contemporaries. Come for a visit and see the images that are often instantly recognizable as O’Keeffe’s own—large-scale flowers, New York cityscapes, animal bones, the high deserts and dramatic cliffs of her beloved New Mexico. Learn about her life, and be enveloped by her representation of the culture that is uniquely New Mexico.
GROUP VISITS
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has developed a variety of group visits to meet your needs. From self-guided visits of the Museum itself to visits to Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in Abiquiu with the Historic Properties Manager, who worked for O’Keeffe for over 10 years, let the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum be a part of your visit to Santa Fe, “the City Different."
Self-Guided Museum Group Visit
Self-guided visits are encouraged for groups that prefer to move through the galleries at their own pace. A complimentary exhibition guide and a short film about the life of Georgia O’Keeffe enhance the visit.
- Available daily from 10 AM to 4 PM
- $7 per person
- Allow a minimum of 1 hour to view the galleries and film
- Requires booking at least 1 week prior to visit
- Gallery size and prior bookings may limit availability
- Audio guides $5 each, subject to availability
Docent-Led Museum Group Visit
Docent-led visits are conducted by specially trained guides who facilitate visitors’ active engagement with the works of art exhibited.
- Available daily from 11 AM to 4 PM
- $10 per person
- Allow 45 minutes to view the galleries with the docent
- Requires booking at least 3 weeks in advance
- Groups are limited to a maximum of 15 visitors
- Groups of more than 15 visitors can be accommodated with additional docents
Additional Group Visit Information- For an exclusive experience visiting the Museum, private visits are available before and after regular Museum hours
- Special arrangements for visits by educational groups (Pre-K–12) can be arranged
Visit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center is the only museum-related research facility in the world dedicated to the study of American Modernism. It sponsors research in the fields of art history, architectural history and design, literature, music, and photography through its annual, competitive scholarship program. The Research Center makes its unique archives accessible to researchers worldwide.Docent-led visits of the Michael S. Engl Family Foundation Research Center Library, located in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, can be arranged. Visitors are introduced to who O’Keeffe was as an artist and as a person by viewing her art materials and personal affects, including O’Keeffe’s color chips, brushes, paints, and pastels, some of her drawings, a portion of her collection of bones, rocks, and shells, some articles of her clothing, and a variety of support materials. During the summer months, a walk through the Research Center Garden is included.
Georgia O’Keeffe Research Center Library Group Visit- Available Monday through Saturday at 12 PM, 1 PM, and 4 PM
- $10 per person
- Allow 1 hour to visit the Research Center Library with a docent
- Requires booking at least 45 days in advance
- Minimum of 10 visitors, maximum of 18
Georgia O’Keeffe Research Center Library and Museum Group Visit- Call for availability
- $20 per person
- Requires booking at least 45 days in advance
Visits to Abiquiu
The Museum maintains the Abiquiu Home and Studio of Georgia O’Keeffe so that visitors can see where O’Keeffe created some of her most famous paintings. To the extent possible, the house remains as she left it in 1984, when she moved from Abiquiu to Santa Fe.The Abiquiu home is one of two properties O’Keeffe occupied in northern New Mexico. In December 1945, she purchased the 5,000-square-foot Spanish Colonial–era compound, then in ruins, from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. With her friend Maria Chabot, O’Keeffe spent the next three years restoring the 18th-century structure. By 1949, the property was habitable and O’Keeffe became a full-time resident of New Mexico, alternately living at her homes in Abiquiu and at Ghost Ranch. The Abiquiu house and surrounding views were a great source of inspiration to O’Keeffe, who produced works featuring the patio and black door, the cottonwood trees along the Chama River, the White Place, and the road to Santa Fe.
The Georgia O’Keeffe Home and Studio Visit in Abiquiu- Guided visits are available by appointment only; please call for availability
- $30 per person with trained docent
- $50 per person with the Historic Properties Manager, who worked with Georgia O’Keeffe for over 10 years
- Visits last approximately 1 hour
- Groups are limited to 12 people
- Visits of the exterior of the O’Keeffe Home and Studio can be arranged for larger groups
Contacts- For general information about the Museum: 505.946.1000.
- To discuss and schedule group visits: 505.946.1019.
- To arrange school group visits: 505.946.1007.
- To arrange visits to the Abiquiu Home and Studio call: 505.685.4539.
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