Previous Exhibitions

Warrior DogsCourage – Honor – Faithfulness – Sacrifice In the Main Gallery, extended through January 5, 2025presented in partnership with the Tug McGraw Foundation Closing...

October 22, 2022 – April 30, 2023 JEFF BRIDGES: PICTURES, an exhibition exploring the work of the Oscar-winning actor, author and acclaimed photographer, will be on...

October 21, 2023 – January 5, 2025 Extended to January 5, 2025  in the Spotlight Gallery, the Museum presents “Pollyanna Valley” a celebration of the...

A nostalgic look back at travel by car in California, circa 1962.To millions around the globe, California means “Vacation.” The state’s diverse topography offers sunny...

May 20, 2023 – December 31, 2023 More than Mai Tais and swizzle sticks: Learn how California’s iconic tiki lounges and restaurants, including many in the...

This striking collection of photos brings the 19th century vividly back to life in the 21st century in the Museum’s History and Spotlight Galleries. During...

Noted food and wine writer and editor Kathleen Thompson Hill has collected over 3,000 kitchen utensils as part of what she calls a “quirky obsession.”...

“This work, produced in 2021, results from the practice of observation and interpretation of the everyday, macro and micro, both summarizing and enhancing in turns...

EXTENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 – SPEND A “DANGEROUS” SUMMER WITH US! As featured on NPR, and KQED Forum “The ‘Dangerous Games’ exhibition is crammed...

A group show from the Napa Valley Photographic Society.Admission to the Spotlight Gallery is included with Regular Museum Admissionand is free for NARMS reciprocal members....

The first in our series of online exhibitions capturing images of our community and the world, real and in real-time. Napa County and Sonoma Wildfires...

An exhibition of works on long-term loan to the Museum from the Yates Foundation, this exhibit showcases exquisite works by Matisse, Pissarro, Picasso, Chagall and...

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976) Magnolia Blossom, 1925 Modern Women | Modern Vision presents more than one hundred photographic images in celebration of the bold and dynamic...

Les Femmes Surréalistes, an exceptional pop-up exhibition at the Museum with paintings by Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini and others.  The Napa Valley Museum...

This comprehensive survey explores the Surrealist revolution of thought and the role chance and choice played in the evolution of the avant-garde in America. The...

Featured image: Juanita M. Guccione (U.S.A., 1904-1999), Passport, c. 1949, Oil on canvas Juanita Guccione (1904-1999) is one of the great forgotten figures of modern...

PICASSO & THE MASTERS OF 20TH CENTURY PRINTMAKING “A dazzler” This exhibition is a deep dive into the fine art of printmaking as exemplified by Pablo...

Laurie Shelton’s “Cows” in the Spotlight Gallery Painter Laurie Shelton is a longtime Napa Valley resident whose paintings of farm animals are highly prized from...

From February 8 through March 15 the Museum hosted an exhibition of more than 50 works from one of the early innovators of rock-and-roll photography,...

In this multimedia presentation, learn about Disney animator Ward Kimball — the only employee Walt Disney called a “genius” — and his incredible railroad hobby. Kimball...