Plan your visit to NAU’s Art Museum
The Art Museum at Northern Arizona University is open to the public
We invite you to visit NAU’s Art Museum and view the exhibitions being presented. Helpful information about the museum found below will provide for a pleasant experience.
Hours of operation
We are open, during exhibitions, 12 p.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday.
We are closed Sunday, Monday, and all University holidays.
Getting here
Directions Accordion Closed
Approaching from downtown Flagstaff
- Take Beaver Street south past Butler Ave.
- Turn right on Dupont Ave. and follow it as it turns left after the Drury Inn.
- After you pass the Old Main historic park, turn left on Tormey Dr., and our designated parking spaces will be on your left.
Approaching from I-17 or I-40
- Follow directions towards Flagstaff, until you reach the beginning of town.
- Take a right at the second stoplight (W. University Dr.).
- Turn left at S. Knoles Dr., and continue past Cline Library.
- Turn right on Tormey Dr., and our designated parking spaces will be on your left.
The entrance to the museum is on the north side of Old Main.
Parking Accordion Closed
Parking is available in the designated stall (P4) on the map above with a free guest parking pass available from the museum’s front desk. Additional parking can be found in the P3 lot behind Gammage and in the P8 lot across from the Communication building (bldg 16). Evening or day parking permits can also be obtained at kiosks on the Riordan Ranch Rd. or San Francisco St. entrance to campus, or online. Additional daytime parking can be found at the Knoles or San Francisco garages during the school year. For questions regarding parking please contact us on the main telephone line during hours of operation. For your convenience, we are providing a Flagstaff mountain campus map with parking lot locations.
Museum etiquette guidelines
Please help us protect the artwork we have on display by respecting these guidelines:
- Food and beverages (including water) must remain outside the gallery or may be left at the front reception desk.
- Please do not touch artwork, pedestals, or walls.
- Backpacks, portfolios, briefcases, large purses, and similar items must be left with the gallery attendant or museum staff upon entering the museum.
- Use only pencils for note taking and sketching in the galleries. Pens and other indelible marking instruments can be detrimental to artworks.
- Please check with museum staff regarding photography in the museum. Generally, photography is not allowed, but certain exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis. Flash photography is detrimental to many types of artworks and so is not permitted.
- Please be considerate of others, turn cell phones off or down while in the museum, and step outside the museum galleries to have telephone conversations.
- Please leave pets in a safe location outside of the building.
- Selfie sticks are prohibited
- Artwork should be viewed from 4 feet away