The special exhibition Wanderer/Wonderer: Pop-Ups by Colette Fu, on view at NMWA through February 26, 2017, features ten pop-up books that explore Fu’s personal experiences through combined images of people,...
![A woman with medium skin tone and dark hair wearing a black dress holds a large pop-up artist book, which unfolds in her hand and onto a table.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2014-10-29_BookArtsFellowsMeeting_Colette-Fu_37954-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
NMWA’s third-floor galleries feature works by European artists Remedios Varo (1908–1963) and Leonora Carrington (1917–2011). In 20th-century Europe, critics often dismissed women artists working within the male-dominated Surrealist movement. World...
![Eerie figures walk, float, swim and stand in a pastoral landscape. A grey house sits next to a small body of water, the lawn decorated with small shrubs and trees. A pair, one dressed and one nude, pet a stripped animal as ghostly figures move through the foreground.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1990.109a_314-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
One of the most enduring traditions in American Indian life is pottery, which plays a central role in tribal rituals and ceremonies. Made primarily by women. these objects reflect both...
![Blackware jar made of clay and volcanic ash. A painted, matte design adorns the upper half of the jar.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Maria-Black-Pot-1946.46.1r-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)