SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) — A massive expansion project at one of New Mexico’s most iconic art museums is officially underway. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe broke ground on a $75 million expansion, working to add a 54,000 square-foot building across from its current gallery.
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The project will double exhibit space and add classrooms, a lecture hall, and conservation labs, while boosting visitor capacity to roughly 215,000 a year. Rooted in Northern New Mexico design, it will feature locally sourced adobe and skylights inspired by O’Keeffe’s art.
“It will help us tell our story of Georgia O’Keeffe and share her art with more people and with our community by having more capacity,” said Georgia O’Keefe Museum Chief of Staff Micaela Hester “We’ll have more space for school visits. We would love to have every child before they graduate to have had an experience at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.”
The expansion is expected to be finished in 2028.
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