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Join us for Blacktail Bash!

Don your fanciest western attire for an artful evening at the Museum on February 22, 2025. Your chance to be a curator for the night!

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Out of the Shadows: Prints from the Permanent Collection

Through April 27, 2025
Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Warhol—while many of the works in this show may be small in size, they are created by some of the biggest names in the canon of art history.
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Tony Foster: Watercolour Diaries from the Green River

Through May 4, 2025
Artist Tony Foster became fascinated with the 50-million-year-old Green River fossilized fish when he first saw them in 1985. It was from these small special objects that he comprised the idea to make a group of artworks about the Green River. He began his project in 2018, creating a major painting of Steamboat Rock and the horseshoe bend from his vantage point up a 400 foot cliff. In the summer of 2019 he took a rafting trip from the Gates of Lodore to Split Rock, creating five smaller paintings en route. From these initial works he created this exhibition about, in Foster’s words: “this magnificent river.”
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Mythics of the West

Through March 2, 2025
Mythics of the West is an exploration of animals and culture curated by and comprised of works by Jackson Hole High School Students.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Starts May 24, 2025
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases some of the best photography talent from around the world for nearly 60 years.
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The Great Elephant Migration

Starts May 17, 2025
The Great Elephant Migration is a global fundraising adventure to amplify indigenous knowledge and inspire the human race, to share space. This one-year campaign, that launched in July 2024 in Newport, RI, will see 100 magnificent Indian elephants migrate across the USA to share their coexistence story with the world. The elephants will be coming to Jackson in June of 2025.
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Prismatic Menagerie: Origami-Inspired Sculptures by Hacer

Through May 31, 2026
We are adding a bold pop of color to the Cache corridor this summer! Take a wander on the wild side and explore the Prismatic Menagerie from the National Museum of Wildlife Art to Center for the Arts—it's a straight shot down Cache/Hwy 89. With five bold origami-inspired sculptures, this exciting outdoor exhibition brings Hacer's work to Jackson Hole through a collaboration between two of Jackson’s impactful art institutions.
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Exploring Wildlife Art

Long Term Installation
Featuring old favorites and never-before-seen acquisitions, this new gallery layout explores humanity’s relationship with wildlife via the art of nature.
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Black Peacocks with Japanese Persimmons - Jessie Arms Botke

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Fables, Feathers & Fur

February 21, 2025 @ 10:30 am Learn More

Blacktail Bash

February 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm Learn More

Chamber Mixer

February 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm Learn More

March 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am Learn More

Make it Wild: A Rediscovery of Cardboard with Samantha Soper

March 4, 2025 @ 6:00 pm Learn More

Fables, Feathers & Fur

March 7, 2025 @ 10:30 am Learn More

State of the Art Opening Celebration

March 19, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Learn More

Fables, Feathers & Fur

March 21, 2025 @ 10:30 am Learn More

Spring Break Art Experience: Open Studio

March 25, 2025 Learn More

Spring Break Art Experience: Open Studio

April 1, 2025 Learn More

Dine at Palate

Inspired indoor and outdoor dining with breathtaking views of the National Elk Refuge.
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Explore the Sculpture Trail

Experience the art of wildlife sculpture within the natural setting of Jackson Hole’s incomparable landscape. Designed by award-winning landscape architect, Walter Hood.
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Browse Our Exhibits

Explore temporary exhibtions and dive deeper into the permanent collection!
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