Have you been looking for a chance to get involved with your community? Do you love art & history? We would love you to docent at the museum! All docents will have to attend one training workshop, more dates to be announced in the future.
We need your help! We are seeking volunteers, ages 16+, to support the museum in putting on an amazing reception! Volunteers will help with event set-up, check-in, and event breakdown.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us at NUMU during the ArtNow 2025: Dreamscapes exhibition to create a dreamscape of your own! Visitors will explore the theme our exhibiting artists dove into. Use a stylus to directly engrave a coated card to uncover the colors inside! Will you wander into dreams gone by or let your imagination run wild?
Join museum staff and historian Alan Feinberg for a tour of the Los Gatos History Hall with a special emphasis on the historic Los Gatos Pageant. The pageant ran from 1919 to 1930, with performances, games, parades, and more! If the weather's good, we may even take a look at the old Pageant Grounds!
Join us to celebrate the talented exhibiting high school artists and the announcement of the award recipients of ArtNow 2025: Dreamscapes. We invite the community to honor the emerging artists’ accomplishments, explore the exhibition, and enjoy performances and art activities.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join representatives from the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad at the museum for an engaging presentation and Q&A session about the history of the Wildcat Railroad, supplemented by artifacts from NUMU's permanent collection.
Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, explore Los Gatos history while you sketch objects from NUMU's extensive collection of objects and artifacts. Young artists of all levels are welcome to join this informal session and materials will be provided.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Don’t miss out on this unique youth art mural project! Learn art techniques, interact with New Museum Los Gatos art exhibitions and historic collections, and visit local Los Gatos cultural landmarks. By the end of the week students will have completed a one-of-kind painting reflecting the theme “Capturing Life in Los Gatos” that will be digitally photographed, printed, and installed by the Town of Los Gatos on the Forbes Mill footbridge.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Each year, NUMU offers a series of studio visits where we will be able to appreciate art together exclusively for Circle Members. We’re thrilled to spend a day with artist Marie Cameron.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join museum staff for a tour of the Los Gatos History Hall with a special emphasis on the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, a local 1/3 scale steam engine found in Oak Meadow Park.
Join Made of Memory exhibiting artist Dana Harris Seeger and experimental psychologist Dr. Patti Simone for a virtual talk as they discuss their understanding of memory, through the lenses of art and science.
Join Seeping Through Domestic Dissonance artist Mitra Fabian & the Sempervirens Fund for a talk at the museum.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us for an artist talk with Made of Memory artist Cynthia Brannvall and art historian Dr. Elizabeth Carroll (SJSU and Foothill College). In this conversation, Brannvall reflects on the personal and historical significance of her artistic practice - both as an outlet for catharsis and as a tool for preserving materials, perspectives, and narratives that would otherwise be overlooked by dominant political and institutional forces.
Youth ages 8-12, meet us at the museum and join educators to tour the Made of Memory exhibit, in which you will learn about five women artists who explore concepts of memory as it pertains to generational and cultural experience, immigration, and migration. Participate in a fun collage art activity after the exhibition tour in the Museum's MakerSpace.
Looking for a fun date spot? Or how about a new spot for you and your pal-entine to explore? Enjoy buy one get one general admission* this Valentine’s weekend @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Submissions for ArtNow 2025 are open through Sunday, February 2 at 11:59 PM. Accepted artists will be listed on the website numulosgatos.org/artnow on Friday, February 28. All students who submitted will receive an email notification shortly after the website announcement.
Artists Trinh Mai and Shirin Towfiq will be giving insight into their works on view in Made of Memory in a public tour, free with registration for the museum’s Free First Sunday! Don’t miss this chance to ask your questions and take a deeper dive into their art.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Make a special card for a special someone! Use stamps and scrapbook paper to design a custom card that shows you care! Materials for this activity will be available in our Makerspace during regular hours.
Join us for this unique opportunity to hear from Made of Memory exhibiting artist Priyanka Rana in conversation with Dr. Beth Citron about art, memory, and the Indian diaspora.
Join us to celebrate our new exhibition with remarks, refreshments, & a really good time.
Join us for your last opportunity to see Holly Lane's incredible body of work in the exhibition, Not Enough Time to Love the World. Holly's intricately carved frames and delicately created paintings have transformed the NUMU gallery. This will be a special afternoon to learn more about Holly Lane's artwork and practice directly from the artist and curator, Helaine Glick.
We need your help! We are seeking up to 2 volunteers, ages 16+, to walk around downtown Los Gatos to distribute posters for an upcoming museum event. Volunteers will stop by the museum front desk to pick up a bag with posters, materials, & instructions.
Do you love the frames of artist Holly Lane’s Not Enough Time to Love the World? Make your own mini frame
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Get into the holiday spirit at NUMU’s MakerSpace! Join us for a fun-filled session of festive creativity as we create charming, one-of-a-kind ornaments and keychains using wooden beads, perfect for decorating your tree or gifting to someone special.
Join us for additional open hours & free admission. Make an ornament or holiday card, enjoy drinks, and fantastic art & history exhibitions for you to explore.
Cynthia Brannvall's work explores themes of identity, geographical origins, and migrations. This Identity Mapping Collage Workshop invites you to share your origins and the places that have shaped who you are today by making your personal identity continent collage. Cut out the states, countries, or continents, snap and print a picture from your phone, and let your creativity be your guide.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join representatives from the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad at the museum for an engaging presentation and Q&A session about the history of the Wildcat Railroad, supplemented by artifacts from NUMU's permanent collection.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
Join us to celebrate our new exhibition, Made of Memory, with refreshments & mingling!
NUMU Members, join us for an exclusive Curator Tour from 5-6 PM! Become a member today. Afterward, everyone is invited to celebrate our new exhibition, Made of Memory, with refreshments & mingling at a free, public reception.
“Something wicked this way comes” to NUMU this Halloween season! Celebrate with us by making spooky origami. Through the art of origami, paper changes into new shapes, familiar and frightening! You can make a bat, a cat, or a pumpkin!
We need your help! We are seeking up to 2 volunteers, ages 16+, to walk around downtown Los Gatos to distribute posters for an upcoming museum event. Volunteers will stop by the museum front desk to pick up a bag with posters, materials, & instructions.
Join us for a free guided art tour 11 AM-12:30 PM, led by Ally Kraus (genARTS) & Constance Button (NUMU & genARTS) featuring select artists of Boundaries! Get a deeper dive into their work and artistic processes and a chance to ask your burning questions.
Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required. The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there!
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