Marjorie Barrick Museum, University art museum in Las Vegas, United States.
The Marjorie Barrick Museum is an art museum on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus, presenting rotating exhibitions of historical and contemporary works. The building holds several gallery spaces and connects to an outdoor area with desert plants.
The museum opened in 1967 as a natural history institution, originally displaying collections from the university's Desert Research Institute. In 2011, it shifted its focus and became an art museum.
The collection focuses on the cultures of the American Southwest and Mexico, with works tied to life in the desert region. Visitors can see objects ranging from indigenous traditions to contemporary local voices.
Admission is free, making it an easy stop for anyone visiting the UNLV campus. Since the museum has both indoor and outdoor areas, allow enough time to move through both parts comfortably.
The building that houses the museum was once a university gymnasium before being converted into a gallery space. This origin is still faintly readable in the layout, where some rooms feel unusually proportioned for art display.
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