

Here, you’ll find Gallup, New Mexico’s expansive collection of 1930-1940s art in one digital place for full public access.
Here, you’ll find multiple ways of understanding the artworks and the complex historical, social, cultural, economic, and political issues they raise.
Here, you’ll find that you’re part of the story.
Gallup, NM
1930s – 1940s
Gallup, NM
Today
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum offers many avenues of exploration.
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Gallup and McKinley County are situated on the ancestral and current homelands of the Diné and Ashiwi peoples.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum features three types of exhibits, combining traditional and non-traditional approaches to illuminate academic, creative, and individual understandings.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.
Image Use Notice: Images of Gallup’s New Deal artworks are available to be used for educational purposes only. Non-collection images are subject to specific restrictions and identified by a © icon. Hover over the icon for copyright info. Read more