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.
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Mingei International Museum receives a prestigious two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services CARES Act Grant
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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
April 2019 | Public Art Commissions at Liberty Station
February 2019 | Exhibition Media Release: Crafting Opportunity Mid-Century Work from the Collection of Mingei International Museum
2018
May 2018 | Exhibition Media Release: William L. Hawkins – An Imaginative Geography
February 2018 | Exhibition Media Release: Israel – 70 Years of Craft & Design
January | 2018 Exhibition Media Release: Voluminous Art – Treasures from San Diego’s University Libraries
2017
December | 2017 Exhibition Media Release – Weaving a Path – Navajo Women and the Feminine Ethos
October 2017 | Exhibition Media Release – Kantha – Recycled and Embroidered Textiles of Bengal
September 2017 | Mingei Leadership Announcement
August 2017 | Exhibition Media Release – Art of the Americas – Pre-Columbian Art from Mingei’s Collection
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
June 18, 2019 | Pacific San Diego
New art installations to be revealed at Liberty Station
May 1, 2019 | San Diego Magazine
Mingei's Must-See Mid-Century Exhibit
May 1, 2019 | Esoteric Survey
Crafting Opportunity / Mid-Century Work from Mingei
April 3, 2019 | Cool San Diego Sights
Mingei’s museum gift shop at Liberty Station
March 14, 2019 | Airtable.com
How the Mingei Museum moved 26,000 pieces of art (without a hitch)
March 13, 2019 | Art Business News
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