Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

The Barrick was founded in 1967 as a natural history museum for the higher education community, after years of showing both artifacts and artworks, it solidified its identity as an art museum in 2012 by joining the UNLV College of Fine Arts. Since then it has hosted a regular program of artist talks, community art workshops, and rotating exhibitions of contemporary and ancient art. The Museum houses a number of collections available to the public and the UNLV community, including artworks from the former Las Vegas Art Museum, Nevada’s portion of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel 50x50, ceramics from the diverse cultures of Mesoamerica; and works by indigenous and other artists with connections to the Las Vegas area. Exhibitions at the Museum have included objects from these collections as well as installations of work by local and international artists.