Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Art museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts occupies the Santa Fe Federal Building, a Pueblo Revival structure of adobe-brown stucco with stepped masses, two small square towers with arched openings, and a lower wing whose front edge rests on projecting wooden beams. Pillars along the ground-level doorways are painted with figures, and a banner reading "ART" hangs on the central facade. It holds nearly 10,000 works made from 1962 onward.
The museum was founded by the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1991 and occupies the Santa Fe Federal Building, an old post office built in 1922 in Pueblo Revival style and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.
MoCNA presents exhibitions that address environmental issues, sovereignty, and cultural resilience through the work of Native artists, fostering dialogue about evolving Indigenous identities and contemporary artistic practices.
The museum is located at Cathedral Place in downtown Santa Fe and opens Monday and Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm.
The institution supports Native artists through acquisitions, residencies, and collaborations, actively working to elevate Indigenous voices within the broader art community and promote research on contemporary Native art.
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