Where Art Meets Science
Explore the Galleries and Virtual Exhibits
We’re open! The IMAS is operating at a limited capacity for safe social distancing, masks are required for all visitors (2+) and staff, and the IMAS encourages visitors to purchase a ticket (currently reduced to $1, ages 4+) in advance to reserve a time slot.
Art galleries, MPU BioZone, the sculpture garden, Museum Shop, and courtyard are all open to visitors at this time. High-touch spaces remain closed for the health and safety of our visitors. These include Seed to Table, View Space and Water Journey.
Current Exhibits
Mexican and Latin American Folk Art
The International Museum of Art & Science introduces visitors to a variety of the colorful and powerful pieces from its collection of Mexican and Latin American folk art. Folk art is a vibrant industry in Mexico and Latin America. With the growth of the travel industry, crafts have become an important source of income [...]
Announcing: Members Juried Exhibit, Fall 2021
Introducing: Inaugural Members Juried Art Show IMAS is pleased to announce our inaugural Members Juried Art Show in Fall of 2021. Inclusion in this exhibition of original artwork is open only to IMAS members. Juror: Nancy Moyer, Professor Emerita of Art Participating artists must be 18 years of age or older and a museum member in good standing. Member artists may submit [...]
Avenue of the Strongest: An Eyewitness Account of that Day in September 20th Anniversary
Avenue of the Strongest: An Eyewitness Account of that Day in September 20th Anniversary will honor this American tragedy with a series of photographs taken by photographer Mark Roddenberry after the attacks on September 11, 2001. About the Photographer Mark Roddenberry is a portrait photographer who was living in Lower Manhattan during the 9/11 attacks. [...]
Imagined Worlds: Exploring the Carlos Melguizo Collection
Imagined Worlds: Exploring the Carlos Melguizo Collection assembles and chronicles some of the visions of mankind’s realities, delights and dreams. Philanthropist, art collector and artist, Carlos Melguizo has brought together for this exhibition his own creative works and a selection from his impressive art collection. Image credit: My Voyage to Venus, Carlos Melguizo, Oil on [...]
Virtual Exhibitions
Through our Virtual Exhibitions IMAS fulfills its mission by increasing the impact of the permanent collections with new educational content, collaborations with local partners to broaden the reach of artistic expression in our community, and innovative opportunities for IMAS staff to examine the intersections of art and science. We invite you to visit these online “galleries” as you explore and learn from these artists, art and science museum professionals, and the objects they chose to share; we hope you’ll share these Virtual Exhibitions with your friends and family too.
Upcoming Exhibitions
9/11 Photographs 20th Anniversary
September 1, 2021 – January 30, 2022
Imagined Worlds
September 18, 2021 – February 27, 2022
Members Juried Exhibit
October 9, 2021 – January 22, 2022
Christmas Tree Forest: Celebrating the Rio Grande Valley
(Applications open now)
December 4 – December 31, 2021
Uncovered Spaces
March 19 – July 9, 2022
Anne Marchand
July 18 – November 18, 2022
Aliento a Tequila
November 10, 2022 – January 7, 2023
