Circa - NCMA - North Carolina Museum of Art

The Museum is open with updated hours, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm and required free timed tickets for the Museum collection galleries to encourage social distancing. Learn more about these and other safety updates at ncartmuseum.org/covid19. Entry to special exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt requires a paid ticket, which also provides access to the free Museum collection galleries. Free timed tickets to the Museum galleries do not provide access to Golden Mummies of Egypt.

Dismembering the Past: A Provocative New Acquisition That Re-Members History

Curator Amanda Maples discusses the NCMA's recent acquisition by reowned South African artist William Kentridge.
Best of Circa 2020

After a year of challenges, and reimagining community, the NCMA looks back at the most memorable posts of 2020.
Goldsmiths at Work

Jewelry-making techniques include granulation, filigree, wire drawing, and more. Our video shows a contemporary goldsmith in his studio.

Goldsmiths at Work

Nov 13, 2020

Jewelry-making techniques include granulation, filigree, wire drawing, and more. Our video shows a contemporary goldsmith in his studio...

Amanda M. Maples
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Mysterious and Spooky

Oct 27, 2020

Our curator of horticulture and sustainability takes a look at some Museum Park residents with creepy reputations.

Rachel Woods
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Young Artists Exhibition Goes Virtual

Sep 10, 2020

The Museum committed to installing winning artworks from the Boys and Girls Clubs as an exhibition. Then came the pandemic and a new plan...

Kathryn Briggs
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Beauty, Complicity, Complexity

Sep 4, 2020

The story behind Senegalese gold jewelry, and the women who wore it in the 18th and 19th centuries, is layered with a history of oppression and empowerment...

Amanda Shafer
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Bacchus after the Makeover

Aug 11, 2020

After years of conservation, Bacchus looks clean, restored, and pretty cool with his new arm and his head back on.

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The Art of Healing: Potent Pigments

Aug 7, 2020

The division of art from medicine is a modern concept. In the Middle Ages, the apothecary supplied the same materials to doctors, painters, and anyone in need of..