Calendar

Online Course: Visual Literacy—Making Connections with Works of Art

Tuesday, October 17 | 8 am

This five-week course explores visual literacy in the classroom and its connection to the North Carolina Essential Standards. The course includes opportunities for...

What's in the Box?: Places

Thursday, November 2 | 10:15 am

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

What's in the Box?: Places

Thursday, November 2 | 11:15 am

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

What's in the Box?: Places

Thursday, November 2 | 1:15 pm

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

Exhibition Related Events

NCMA Educator Expo

Thursday, November 2 | 4:30 pm

How does what we make reflect our culture? How do we get students to think critically about the times they live in? Join us for an evening of immersive learning...

Iris after Dark

Friday, November 3 | 5:30 pm

Welcome the weekend with Iris after Dark, an evening experience offered by the NCMA’s Iris restaurant every Friday starting at 5:30 pm. Lounge with friends to the spins and...

Lured (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Friday, November 3 | 8 pm

(1947) Directed by Douglas Sirk. Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Boris Karloff. (102 min.) Restoration on DCP.

In the London fog, beautiful girls are being murdered after...

Family Fun Saturdays: Couture Cloth

Saturday, November 4 | 10 am

Colors and patterns abound in the clothing you’ll find on view in Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Create your own patterned and printed fabric to make a...

Stitch It—Embroidery Workshop with Katherine Diuguid (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Saturday, November 4 | 10 am

Drawing appreciation from the marvelous embroidered ensembles in Inspiring Beauty, students create a series of embroidered samples using traditional and nontraditional...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Saturday, November 4 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 4 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 4 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 4 | 1 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, November 4 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Family Fun Saturdays: Couture Cloth

Saturday, November 4 | 1 pm

Colors and patterns abound in the clothing you’ll find on view in Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Create your own patterned and printed fabric to make a...

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 4 | 2 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 4 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 4 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 4 | 3 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Sunday, November 5 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 5 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 5 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Sunday, November 5 | 1 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, November 5 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Sunday, November 5 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Rodin in Movement

Sunday, November 5 | 2 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 5 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 5 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Sunday, November 5 | 3 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Fourth Annual Paderewski Piano Festival, featuring Elizaveta Ivanova

Sunday, November 5 | 3 pm

The Paderewski Piano Festival honors the legendary Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who first performed in Raleigh a century ago. The festival brings top pianists to...

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Tuesday, November 7 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Art+Cuisine: Inspiring Beauty (Canceled)

CANCELED - Thursday, November 9 | 6:30 pm

Experience a unique opportunity to meet and mingle with the original models who participated in the Ebony Fashion Fair, followed by a tour of the exhibition with NCMA Chief...

Iris after Dark

Friday, November 10 | 5:30 pm

Welcome the weekend with Iris after Dark, an evening experience offered by the NCMA’s Iris restaurant every Friday starting at 5:30 pm. Lounge with friends to the spins and...

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Friday, November 10 | 6 pm

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Friday, November 10 | 7 pm

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Panique

Friday, November 10 | 8 pm

(1946) Directed by Julien Duvivier. Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Max Dalban. (91 min.) In French with English subtitles. Restoration on DCP.

A shy loner, missing no...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Saturday, November 11 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 11 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 11 | 11:30 am

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 11 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 11 | 1 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, November 11 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 11 | 1:30 pm

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 11 | 2 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 11 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 11 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Rodin in Movement

Saturday, November 11 | 3 pm

Experience Auguste Rodin’s ability to render the texture and the tension of the human body through the lens of dance movement. Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan of Culture...

Fourth Annual Paderewski Piano Festival, featuring Frederick Vaysse-Knitter

Saturday, November 11 | 3 pm

The Paderewski Piano Festival honors the legendary Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who first performed in Raleigh a century ago. The festival brings top pianists to...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Sunday, November 12 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 12 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 12 | 11:30 am

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 12 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, November 12 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Sunday, November 12 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Special Exhibition Tours: Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 12 | 1:30 pm

The tour is free, but exhibition tickets are required. Meet your docent on Level B, outside the entrance to the exhibition. 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 12 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 12 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Fourth Annual Paderewski Piano Festival, featuring Kamil Pacholec

Sunday, November 12 | 3 pm

The Paderewski Piano Festival honors the legendary Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who first performed in Raleigh a century ago. The festival brings top pianists to...

Member Monday

Monday, November 13 | 10 am

Join other Museum members for an exclusive viewing day for Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. This special day is a benefit for members only. Guests are...

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Monday, November 13 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Monday, November 13 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Tuesday, November 14 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

What's in the Box?: Animals

Thursday, November 16 | 10:15 am

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

What's in the Box?: Animals

Thursday, November 16 | 11:15 am

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

What's in the Box?: Animals

Thursday, November 16 | 1:15 pm

Have fun while looking at art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and includes activities that stretch the imagination. Everyone can collect...

Lunch and Lecture: Back to the Classics (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Friday, November 17 | 11 am

Caroline Rocheleau, curator of ancient art, discusses research on the NCMA’s Greek and Roman collections. Discover how modern technologies like gamma radiography, X-ray...

Iris after Dark

Friday, November 17 | 5:30 pm

Welcome the weekend with Iris after Dark, an evening experience offered by the NCMA’s Iris restaurant every Friday starting at 5:30 pm. Lounge with friends to the spins and...

College Night 2017

Friday, November 17 | 7 pm

It’s groovy! It’s far out! It’s the bomb! It’s Decades College Night 2017, paying homage to the five decades of fashion on view in Inspiring Beauty. This event, organized...

Triangle Volksmarch: Decorate a Walking Stick

Saturday, November 18 | 10 am

Stop by the Museum Park Theater to decorate a bamboo or wood walking stick; then, take your stick on a hike along the Museum Park trails or to locations participating in...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Saturday, November 18 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 18 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Expanded Portraiture—Drawing Workshop with Carrie Alter

Saturday, November 18 | Noon

Expanding the standard definition of “portraiture,” this workshop focuses on psychological representations of the self. Students are encouraged to work with a variety of...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 18 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, November 18 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Saturday, November 18 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 18 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Sunday, November 19 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 19 | 10:30 am

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Pop-Up Art: Spectacular Shapes

Sunday, November 19 | Noon

Take inspiration from Frank Stella’s Raqqa II and piece together a vibrant collage to take home with you.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 19 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, November 19 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Sunday, November 19 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Designer Studio during Inspiring Beauty

Sunday, November 19 | 2 pm

With admission to Inspiring Beauty, you gain behind-the-scenes access to designers-in-residence Katherine Diuguid and Precious Lovell as they create haute couture in the...

Sights and Sounds Concert Series: UNCG Faculty Voice Duo

Sunday, November 19 | 2 pm

UNC–Greensboro faculty members Donald Hartman, Clara O’Brien, and Jim Douglass perform Mahler’s epic song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn). A collection...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 19 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Tuesday, November 21 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Museum Store Sunday All Weekend

Friday, November 24 | 10 am

November 26 is Museum Store Sunday, but we’re celebrating all weekend! Friday through Sunday enjoy 20 percent off everything in the main Museum Store. Free quilted velvet...

Iris after Dark

Friday, November 24 | 5:30 pm

Welcome the weekend with Iris after Dark, an evening experience offered by the NCMA’s Iris restaurant every Friday starting at 5:30 pm. Lounge with friends to the spins and...

Museum Store Sunday All Weekend

Saturday, November 25 | 10 am

November 26 is Museum Store Sunday, but we’re celebrating all weekend! Friday through Sunday enjoy 20 percent off everything in the main Museum Store. Free quilted velvet...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Saturday, November 25 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 25 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, November 25 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, November 25 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Museum Store Sunday All Weekend

Sunday, November 26 | 10 am

November 26 is Museum Store Sunday, but we’re celebrating all weekend! Friday through Sunday enjoy 20 percent off everything in the main Museum Store. Free quilted velvet...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Celebrate Our State

Sunday, November 26 | 10:30 am

Say “Happy 228th Birthday” to our state this month! Get to know North Carolina artists in the Museum collection.
 

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 26 | 12:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, November 26 | 1 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Sunday, November 26 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, November 26 | 2:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Docent Tour: Explore the Collection

Tuesday, November 28 | 1:30 pm

A daily docent-led tour of Museum highlights. For individuals and groups smaller than 10. Free; no reservations necessary. Meet at West Building Information Desk.

Behind the Seams—Girls in Gowns in the Gallery (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Thursday, November 30 | 6:30 pm

Get your girls together and dress in your best gowns to stroll the galleries, enjoy a cocktail, and have your “lip print” analyzed. Inspiring Beauty will be open to tour,...