Mingei is transforming inside and out—from the redesign of our Balboa Park building to enhancing public engagement. Our permanent home re-opens late-2020.
TransformationFeatured Media Release
Capital Campaign Announcement: Final Phase of Major Transformation at Mingei International Museum
Media Kit
Media Contacts
For inquiries about the Museum's Transformation project contact:
Toni Robin
tr@trprsandiego.com
(858) 483-3918
For all other inquiries contact, Ashley Christie.
Learn more about Mingei's Transformation
Media Releases
2020
October 2020 | Mingei International Museum receives a prestigious two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services CARES Act Grant
2019
December 2019 | Capital Campaign Announcement: Final Phase of Major Transformation at Mingei International Museum
February 2019 | Exhibition Media Release: Crafting Opportunity Mid-Century Work from the Collection of Mingei International Museum
Mingei In The News
2020
January 22, 2020 | Ranch & Coast Magazine
Mingei International Museum’s Transformation Begins its Final Phase
2019
December 10, 2019 | newkerala.com
Layton Construction Breaks Ground on Renovation of Mingei International Museum
December 4, 2019 | TIMES of San Diego
Mingei Unveils ‘Public Living Room’ Design, Begins Fundraising for 2021 Reopening
December 4, 2019 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Balboa Park’s Mingei Museum now set to reopen in early 2021 following $52M makeover
March 14, 2019 | Airtable.com
How the Mingei Museum moved 26,000 pieces of art (without a hitch)
While transforming, we're bringing Art of the People to even more people.
Take a tour of our mid-century survey of ceramics, furniture, fashion, fiber art, jewelry and metalwork of the era with curator Barbara Hanson Forsyth.
Mingei Crafts Opportunity
Mingei visited the artist’s studio to spend time with his prototypes for “Installations at the Station.”
Facetiming with Miki Iwasaki