New Mexico Museum of Art-Vladem Contemporary

I enjoyed my visit to the museum very much. I particularly appreciated the colorful artwork, the spacious layout, and the wonderful lighting that enhanced the exhibits. The museum's structure felt airy and well-designed, providing an excellent backdrop for the displayed works. Additionally, I was impressed by the gift shop, which featured a diverse selection of high-quality items and attractive displays. Overall, my experience at the museum was truly memorable.

Excellently-curated collection of paintings, sculptures, and other art forms, tastefully and creatively displayed, often including historical notes for a deeper dive. Check out the Alphonse Mucha exhibition while it's still available!

I love a museum with an artist in residence. It's exciting to see how work can inspire others and what today's artists are focusing on. Although the artist wasn't there I was lucky enough to strike up conversation with one of the employees who filled me in on some of the pieces on display. I'm glad the ticket gets you into two museums. They also have nice views of the area.

After visiting other museums in Santa Fe, this one was a bit disappointing... There are a few wings showcasing modern art. The mural by Gilbert Guzman was my favorite piece.

Top tier contemporary art museum. Rotating exhibits. Often surprising. My second favorite museum in Santa Fe. It’s on the smaller side, but well curated.

Can’t remember being more engaged in contemporary art!! The current exhibit focuses on the impact the development of the atomic bomb had on art. Very moving

We had a decent tour that was really excellent. Very insightful and informative. The interior of the building is beautiful and well configured. My 4 star rating is that I don't think the exterior is suited to the neighborhood (too tall) and does not differentiate the original building from the new part. How to have made it less looming on the neighborhood?

Thank you to the other reviewer that noted the tacky donor placards that are literally plastered over every blank surface in the museum. What an eyesore. When you add the fact that this museum looks enormous from the outside and actually has almost all of its space wasted on giant empty corridors with very little art actually on display, this place is a major disappointment. I'm still giving it 2 stars because most of the little bit of art on display is quite good, but what an underwhelming experience. Very poor lighting, too. Shame on the architect who designed this place. If I was the city of Santa Fe, I'd want my money back.

A beautiful new museum in the Railway District. (Your ticket also includes entrance to The New Mexico museum of Contemporary Art in the downtown area.) A wonderful addition to the art scene in Santa Fe.

This was the first time I have visited this museum. It has some great pieces of art. Would go back to check out what other exhibits they will be curating.

Art is subjective. What one person considers art the next person may consider trash. Personally I am just not a huge fan of contemporary art. I find exhibitions of contemporary art to be difficult to tell apart from their real world counterparts. For example a contemporary art museum might have a blue toaster on display with a nearby plaque of a word salad describing it in a bunch of terms that say a lot but mean nothing. It may go on about toast representing freedom of the soul and the color blue of the toaster representing the myriad difficulties of the toasters transcendent experience in trying to discover its inner peace. It's a toaster, it's blue. Get over it. So aside from the subject matter, the low rating is also based on the limited amount of pieces to view. It is a very small museum in terms of collections, and I think we were through it in under an hour. They have a gift shop which was fun to walk through though.

When you go to the New Mexico museum of contemporary art in the center of Santa Fe your ticket also provides entry to the Vladim galleries in the rail yard area. You should definitely go! In fact I'd suggest you go straight there to experience excellent, thought provoking art in a beautiful location (the central gallery is rather pedestrian in comparison).

This new little museum is a very inspiring and refreshing take on art in Santa Fe. It is just what Santa Fe was missing! My companion was positively giddy with joy at the Shadow and Light exhibition. Don't miss the audio art outside the building on the second floor. We could hear it from Thomasita's and we wondered what it was. Ticking all of the senses box this is worth the price of admission which is $12 for adults. Very clean and modern facility with works from around the world.

grand opening weekend was quite a show for the love of art in santa fe !i feel like we owe a big hand to so many locals for pulling this many year endeavor off!! looking forward to going back to study the space more when it's less crowded. i'm not a fair judge of contemporary art. the transcendentalists and modernism is more my vibe. they do have a stunner bisstram piece but the florence pierces they chose are underwhelming next to that. that said, the new space came out better than expected and there are some really nice pieces. the kusama fans will love that one. i'm glad they kept a copy of the old mural from the historic building in the entry. the galleries are large and it's easy enough to spread out. i can't really tell if you're allowed to sit on the "benches" or if they're actually tables? But I think they're gonna get some of the kinks worked out as this gets more established and past the opening crush.

Great museum! A little on the smaller side, but I personally prefer smaller museums over large, overwhelming ones. A lot of great details and even the security guards are knowledgeable about the artwork. Don't miss the sound garden on the second floor!

I hate this museum & it should never have been built. It towers over other buildings in the area and it completely blocks the view to the mountains from the Rail Yard. In one fell swoop it destroyed the ambiance and character in this part of town. The Architect & the City should have known better.