Stories | Mingei International Museum

IMPORTANT UPDATE! Our galleries are partially closed while we install our next fall show -- Inside the Design Center! In the meantime, enjoy discounted admission prices. Visit us to see Layered Narratives and Fashioning an Icon (closes on Sept 7th).

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Needles and Grass A woman and man standing next to each other with colorful baskets on a table in front of them.
Exhibitions

Needles and Grass

Mixing Tradition and Pop Culture Photo details of Dia de los Muertos altar featuring luchadores.
Programming

Mixing Tradition and Pop Culture

Designing Memories Designing Memories
Jewelry

Designing Memories

Inspiring Insight A man and woman standing in front of a display of quilts.
Design

Inspiring Insight

African by Design African by Design
Exhibitions

African by Design

Mending Memories A woman sitting at a table with an embroidery hoop in front of her.
Textiles

Mending Memories

25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee 25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee
Exhibitions

25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee

Poetic Paper Poetic Paper
Exhibitions

Poetic Paper

Piñatas as a Form of Storytelling Artist Diana Benavidez sitting on the ground with a large 10 foot red piñata rosary on her lap and the floor in front of her.
Exhibitions

Piñatas as a Form of Storytelling

Sitting Pretty Sitting Pretty
Mingei Staff

Sitting Pretty

Staff Reading List Staff Reading List
Mingei Staff

Staff Reading List

Inlaying It All Out Inlaying It All Out
Jewelry

Inlaying It All Out

Cubbies in Color Cubbies in Color
Design

Cubbies in Color

Tufting Nostalgia Tufting Nostalgia
Textiles

Tufting Nostalgia

Craft as a Catalyst Craft as a Catalyst
Craft

Craft as a Catalyst

Introducing Emily G. Hanna Introducing Emily G. Hanna
Mingei Staff

Introducing Emily G. Hanna

Crafted Cuisine Crafted Cuisine
Food

Crafted Cuisine

Finding Meaning in Making Finding Meaning in Making
Folk Art

Finding Meaning in Making

A Day at Mingei A Day at Mingei
Folk Art

A Day at Mingei

Perfectly Imperfect Perfectly Imperfect
Transformation

Perfectly Imperfect

Reimagining Mingei Reimagining Mingei
Transformation

Reimagining Mingei

Inside, Outside and all the Spaces In Between Inside, Outside and all the Spaces In Between
Transformation

Inside, Outside and all the Spaces In Between

Beauty in a Burl Beauty in a Burl
Transformation

Beauty in a Burl

Where Hand Meets Metal Where Hand Meets Metal
Transformation

Where Hand Meets Metal