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The Yosemite Museum hosts varying exhibits inside its gallery. The Yosemite Museum building is located in Yosemite Village, next to the Yosemite Exploration Center.
The Ansel Adams Museum SetDates: September 16 – December 20, 2024 This exhibit features a rare collection of 45 photographs by acclaimed 20th century photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984). Adams began producing what he called “The Museum Set” in 1979 to represent his artistic achievements and to ensure that a representative body of his work would enter public collections. The Museum Sets were originally created in three size groups of 25, 45 and 75 prints. Each set could be purchased on the condition that the buyer would eventually donate their set to an art or educational institution. This 45-print set is a gift by Don and Susan Fuhrer, who are residents of Montecito, California and Foresta, California (within Yosemite National Park) and Yosemite Conservancy council members. It is estimated that about half of the original edition of 100 sets were completed before Adams passed away. 
Yosemite's Obata: His Legacy. Our Future.Dates: August 26 – September 1, 2024 This museum showcase brings together a collection of Chiura Obata's original works alongside contemporary pieces inspired by his legacy. Chiura Obata, renowned for his delicate watercolor landscapes and intricate woodblock prints, was also a committed educator. The exhibit includes pieces from both teachers and students influenced by Obata. Come appreciate the ongoing relevance of Obata’s work and its ability to inspire new generations of artists. 
Homage to ForestaDates: March 25 – May 3, 2024 
Yosemite Renaissance 35 Art ExhibitDates: February 22 – May 3, 2020 *Park closed due to COVID-19 pandemic on March 20, 2020. Yosemite Renaissance is an annual exhibit that presents diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada by artists from across the country. This year, 70 works were selected from 811 entries. The exhibit includes paintings, prints, textiles, mixed media, photographs, and 3-dimensional works. Yosemite Renaissance was founded in 1985 to encourage artists to share new interpretations of the region, explore environmental issues, and celebrate nature through art. By creating a continuum of artworks inspired by the region from historical times to the present, the organization seeks to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places. 
Yosemite Lenscape: From Inspiration to ObsessionDates: May 31 – October 27, 2019 
Yosemite Renaissance 34 Art ExhibitDates: February 22 – May 5, 2019 Yosemite Renaissance is an annual exhibit that presents diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada by artists from across the country. This year, 62 works were selected from 640 entries. The exhibit includes paintings, prints, textiles, mixed media, photographs, and 3-dimensional works. Yosemite Renaissance was founded in 1985 to encourage artists to share new interpretations of the region, explore environmental issues, and celebrate nature through art. By creating a continuum of artworks inspired by the region from historical times to the present, the organization seeks to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places. 
Yosemite Viewed: 19th and 20th Century Landscape PaintingsDates: June 1 – September 2, 2018 "Yosemite Viewed: 19th and 20th Century Landscape Paintings" features paintings drawn from the Yosemite Museum collection, representing a variety of styles and approaches to the artistic interpretation of this grand landscape. It includes Chris Jorgensen's 1910 painting "Mariposa Grove, Two Sequoias," Thomas Ayres' drawing "Valley of the Yosemite," along with works by Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, two nineteenth century artists widely known for their paintings of Yosemite and other national parks. 
Permanence? The California Spotted Owl Watercolor Yosemite Renaissance 33 Art ExhibitDates: February 24 – May 6, 2018 Yosemite Renaissance is an annual exhibit that presents diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada region by artists from across the country. The 33rd annual Yosemite Renaissance exhibit features 65 works were selected from 820 entries . The exhibit includes paintings, sculpture, textiles, photographs and 3-dimensional works. Yosemite Renaissance was founded in 1985 to encourage artists to share new interpretations of the region, explore environmental issues, and celebrate nature through art. By creating a continuum of artworks inspired by the region from historical times to the present, the organization seeks to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places. 
Daguerreotype. Courtesy of the artist. Landmark: Yosemite Through the Lens of Contemporary Landscape PhotographyDates: November 18, 2016 through January 22, 2017 The Yosemite Museum is hosting this special display of contemporary landscape photography in celebration of the National Park Service centennial. This traveling exhibition, curated and organized by Cara Goger of the Mariposa County Arts Council, features the work of Binh Danh, Mark Klett, Byron Wolfe, Ted Orland, Millee Tibbs and Jerry Uelsmann. These contemporary artists bring new representation and varied voices to the genre of landscape photography, which has been such an integral part of the park’s history. The Yosemite venue for this traveling exhibit will also feature historic photographs and ephemera from the Yosemite Museum collection to help place these contemporary works in their historic context. This exhibit was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. 
Trowzers Akimbo Yosemite Renaissance 32 Art ExhibitDates: February 25 – April 30, 2017 Yosemite Renaissance is an annual exhibit that presents diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada by artists from across the country. This year, 65 works were selected from 846 entries. The exhibit includes paintings, sculpture, textiles, photographs and 3-dimensional works. Yosemite Renaissance was founded in 1985 to encourage artists to share new interpretations of the region, explore environmental issues, and celebrate nature through art. By creating a continuum of artworks inspired by the region from historical times to the present, the organization seeks to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places. 
Why Yosemite Collects: 90 Years, 90 Objects, 90 StoriesDates: May 31 – November 1, 2016 This exhibit celebrates the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Yosemite Museum and features a display of the wide variety of artifacts, documents and specimens that the museum preserves. Why do parks have collections? What does the museum have to do with the beginnings of philanthropy in national parks, the development of interpretive programs or scientific research? Stop by and see, and vote for your favorite artifact while you are visiting. This exhibit was made possible through the generous support of Yosemite Conservancy donors. 
Kris Lael Temple Yosemite Renaissance 31 Art ExhibitDates: February 27 – May 1, 2016 Yosemite Renaissance is celebrating its thirty-first year with an exhibit of 55 paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by fifty artists. Drawn from 973 entries, a record amount, this year's exhibit includes a broad range of works from the representational to the abstract, all interpreting the majesty of Yosemite and the Sierra. The goals of Yosemite Renaissance are to bring together the works of contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations; to establish a continuum with past generations of Yosemite artists; and to help re-establish visual art as a major interpretive medium of the landscape and a stimulus to the protection of the environment. It is the hope of Yosemite Renaissance that they can help preserve, protect and expand our parks. 
Yosemite Viewed: Landscape Paintings of the 19th and 20th CenturiesDates: June 1 – November 1, 2015 "Yosemite Viewed: Landscape Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries" features paintings drawn from the Yosemite Museum collection, representing a variety of styles and approaches to the artistic interpretation of this grand landscape. It includes Thomas Ayres' 1855 drawing "Valley of the Yosemite," one of the earliest representations of the park, along with works by Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, two nineteenth century artists widely known for their paintings of Yosemite and other national parks. 
Yosemite Renaissance XXX Art ExhibitDates: February 28 – May 10, 2015 Yosemite Renaissance is celebrating its thirtieth year with an exhibit of 49 paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by forty-seven artists. Drawn from 750 entries, this year's exhibit includes a broad range of works from the representational to the abstract, all interpreting the majesty of Yosemite and the Sierra. The goals of Yosemite Renaissance are to bring together the works of contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations; to establish a continuum with past generations of Yosemite artists; and to help re-establish visual art as a major interpretive medium of the landscape and a stimulus to the protection of the environment. Historically, the arts have played a major role in the establishment of our parks. It is the hope of Yosemite Renaissance that they can be just as important in future efforts to preserve, protect and expand our parks. 
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Last updated: August 27, 2024