Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and relax under the moon as you take in a sci-fi movie for all ages outside of the planetarium. Evening will include pre-movie family-friendly activities. Refreshments available for purchase.
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and relax under the moon as you take in a sci-fi movie for all ages outside of the planetarium. Evening will include pre-movie family-friendly activities. Refreshments available for purchase.
Future Shock: (Re)Visions of Tomorrow features 16 national and international artists exploring humanity’s shared future and our connection to space, science, and technology. The exhibition includes a diverse array of concepts and media. From the wonder of space exploration to anxiety for machine intelligence and our changing climate, Future Shock is a reminiscing on who we are and […]
Free Family Activities 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Free Planetarium Special Screening 11:00 a.m. Free museum admission for Roswell residents 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Planetarium Film (11am) Sunstruck: Explore the sun in all its glory in this fulldome show. Sunstruck takes us on a journey to discover the wonders of our magnificent sun and investigate […]
Lauren Clay’s installations and sculptures allude to the ethereal architecture of dreams, visionary experiences, and astral travel. In sleep each night, we cross a threshold from waking conscious life, into the realm of the unknown, where mysterious parts of ourselves constellate into images, known as dreams. At this hypnagogic gateway, the body slips into the […]
The Roswell Museum and the Roswell Museum Foundation, in partnership with the Pecos Valley Potters Guild, invite artists, artisans, contemporary craftspeople and makers to apply to be a part of the annual Roswell Museum Holiday Artisan Market. The Market is a juried art exhibition and sale held at the Roswell Museum showcasing up to 45 […]
As part of the exhibition "Future Shock: (Re)Visions of Tomorrow", the Roswell Museum is hosting a series of talks with some artists participating in the show. These "Tomorrow Talks" will focus on the artists' works in the exhibition as well as overarching themes. On Tuesday September 13, 2022, Aaron Wilder, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions […]
Join our Third Thursday Gallery Talks and Explore Future Shock: (Re)Visions of Tomorrow with a 45-min thematic tour led by Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Aaron Wilder. Talk included with admission.
The Roswell Science and Art Festival is back and better than ever. Enjoy the amazing science displays by area organizations, a performance by "Kate the Chemist," a professor from the University of Texas who loves to ignite things., the Make Lab of hands on science activities, and the classics such as our Chalk the Walk […]
Roswell Artist-in-Residence November 5 – January 15, 2023 Samuel H. Marshall & Donald Winston Gallery Artist Lecture and Opening Reception: Friday, November 4, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Wen Liu’s sculptures address loss and abandonment through the modification and assembly of found materials. She started collecting reclaimed furniture and domestic objects to build her sense of […]
October 15, 2022 – March 19, 2023 Graphics & Paul Horgan Galleries “Her art is characterized by refreshing honesty, personal reaction to everyday scenes, an instinctive sense of design, and sensuous tactual attribute.” -Lydia Peña Agnes Tait was born on June 14, 1894 in New York City. Showing adept artistic talent at an early age, […]
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the broader community continued to be immensely generous through gifts of art to the collection of the Roswell Museum, your museum. Displayed here is a selection of artworks given to the museum 2017-2022. This small sample of the enduring generosity of donors highlights the breadth of these contributions to our collection. […]
