Home to a collection of more than 120 New Deal artworks,
Gallup is a small town in northwestern New Mexico.
Located in northwestern New Mexico on the homelands of the Diné (Navajo), A:Shiwi (Zuni), and more Indigenous peoples, Gallup is a small (population 22,000) but incredibly diverse reservation border town with a complex history.
Once known as Na’Nizhoozhi, or “The Bridge,” among Diné people, Gallup’s beginnings date back to well before the city was founded in 1881 as a headquarters for the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and named after the local paymaster, David Gallup.
The city grew up with the railroad and, subsequently, historic Route 66, and remains a place vibrating with cross-cultural exchange.
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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
