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Southwestern History
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Albuquerque Artist Colony
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Santa Fe Indian School
Santa Fe Railroad
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Taos Society of Artists

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Historic McKinley County Courthouse
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Art Collection

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.

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Facts & Figures
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History
Trace the origins and evolution of the collection.
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Themes
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Art Exhibits

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.

Special Exhibits
Take an expertly curated deep dive into southwestern and New Mexican art history.
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Creative Perspectives
Explore creative responses to the Gallup New Deal Art collection from contemporary artists, writers, poets, historians and educators.​
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Do-it-yourself
See how visitors like you have interpreted Gallup’s New Deal art and hang your own virtual gallery wall of artworks from the collection.
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Artists

Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.

Meet the Artists
Meet the collection’s 30 named artists and learn more about why some artists were not credited by name.
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Professional Backgrounds
Discover the roots of the collection’s artists, who came from a variety of schools, movements, and philosophies.
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New Deal Involvement
Learn about the New Deal art programs' approaches to ethnic and economic diversity.
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Artists as Workers
Dig into the nuts and bolts of New Deal art programs' employment practices.
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interactive Timeline of Gallup
By way of historic photos, time travel back to Gallup's founding in the 1880s and survey the town's development through the New Deal period in the 1930-1940s.
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Visitor Map & In-Person Tours
Get information on how to see Gallup's New Deal art in person through self-guided and guided tours.
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About Gallup
Check out all that Gallup has to offer and plan a visit!
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Teacher Resources
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Lesson Plans
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