Admission Hours Discover the McNay Art Museum Becoming the McNay McNay members FREE Su Noon–5 pm Ohio-born heiress Marion Koogler first Children 12 & under FREE M Closed visited San Antonio in 1918, shortly Adults $10–$20* Tu 10 am–4 pm after her marriage to Sergeant Don Students w/ I.D. $5–$15* W 10 am–4 pm Denton McNay, who was called to Seniors (65+) $5–$15* Th 10 am–9 pm active duty in Laredo, Texas. Later Active Military $5–$15* F 10 am–4 pm that year Don McNay died from the * Admission rates vary depending on Sa 10 am–5 pm Spanish flu. In 1926, Mrs. McNay featured exhibitions and galleries Closed New Year’s Day, July 4, moved to San Antonio, where on view. Visit mcnayart.org or call Thanksgiving, and Christmas. 210.824.5368 for current pricing. she met and married prominent During Daylight Saving Time, the FREE Thursday nights, 4–9 pm and grounds are open 7 am–7 pm. ophthalmologist Donald T. Atkinson. The following year, FREE first Sundays, noon–5 pm During Standard Time, the grounds she purchased her first modern oil painting, Diego Rivera’s are open 7 am–6 pm. Free admission to main collection Delfina Flores, and the Atkinsons commissioned San Antonio galleries. Optional admission to featured architects Atlee and Robert Ayres to design a 24-room exhibitions for an additional charge. Spanish Colonial-Revival house that would one day become the core of the McNay Art Museum. Marion continued to collect 19th- and 20th-century European and American paintings, as well as Southwest art from New Mexico. When her marriage to Atkinson ended in 1936, she returned to using her first husband’s name. At her death in 1950, Mrs. McNay left her collection of more than 700 works of art, along with the house, the surrounding 23 acres, and an endowment to establish the first museum of modern art in Texas. In 1954 the McNay opened its doors to the public. The Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions, built in 2008 and designed by French architect Jean-Paul Viguier, added 45,000 square feet to the museum and created gallery space for major exhibitions, a sculpture gallery and garden, a lecture hall, and classrooms for the museum’s many educational programs. To learn more about Marion Koogler McNay, visit the Orientation Gallery on the Upper Level of the Main Collection Galleries.
The McNay opened in 1954 as the first museum of modern art in Texas The McNay today
Since Marion Koogler McNay’s bequest of 700 works of art, Adjacent: Cover: the collection has expanded to nearly 20,000 works, including: Friedel Dzubas, Untitled (detail), 1959. Edward Hopper, Corn Hill (Truro, Cape Cod) Museum purchase with the Ralph (detail), 1930. Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection. A. Anderson Jr. Memorial Fund. Paul Gauguin, Portrait of the Artist ■ 19th- through 21st-century European and American Marc Chagall, Dream Village, 1929. Bequest with the Idol (detail), ca. 1893. Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay. ©2014 Artists of Marion Koogler McNay.
paintings, sculptures, and photographs Ragnar © Siggi Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Amedeo Modigliani, Girl with Blue Erich Heckel, Portrait of a Man (detail), Eyes (detail), 1918. Oil on canvas. ■ The exceptional Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts 1919. Gift of the Friends of the McNay. Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay. McNay Art Museum ©2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), ■ One of the finest collections of prints and drawings New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. 6000 North New Braunfels | PO Box 6069 Leon Bakst, Costume design for Vaslav in the Southwest Nijinsky as Chinese Dancer in Les San Antonio, Texas 78209-0069 #mcnayart Orientales (detail), 1917. Gift of the Tobin Foundation for Theatre Arts. ■ Medieval and Renaissance art mcnayart.org © 2014 McNay Art Museum Main Collection Galleries Main Collection Galleries Take a tour Upper Level Lobby Level Group tours are available for students and adults. Visit mcnayart.org to learn more and schedule a tour. Every month, docents offer free public tours on first and Leeper third Sundays at 3:00 pm. Theatre Arts Auditorium (McNay Library on Lower Level) Take a free Acoustiguide tour with your cell phone by dialing Medieval and the numbers below. Enter the stop number on a work of art’s Renaissance Works © Jeff Esto Art on label, followed by #. Elevator/Stairs Paper to Library Stieren Center for Exhibitions Adult stops Family stops Orientation Southwest Art Lobby Level Gallery English 210.547.9720 | Spanish 210.547.9724 Vending Museum Machines Art after 1945 Art Theatre Arts Store after Art 1945 after 1945 AT&T Reception Lobby Hall Featured Exhibitions 19th- 19th- Century Century American European European Patio Modernism Sculpture Paintings
20th- and 21st-Century Sculpture
McNay Residence Entrance Post- Early 20th-Century Impressionism European Hall Impressionism
Stieren Center for Exhibitions Garden Level
© Siggi Ragnar © Siggi Stieren Center for Exhibitions
Learning Learning Sculpture Garden Welcome to the McNay Center 1 Center 2
■ Help us preserve our collections for future generations Works on Paper Sculpture Sculpture by keeping a safe distance from works of art and not Terrace touching them. Chiego ■ Please store large handbags and backpacks in our visitor Lecture Hall storage area.
■ Smoking, food, and drink are not permitted inside the Sculpture museum. Garden Handicapped Access ■ Please ask a security officer before taking pictures. McNay Collection Photography is not permitted in certain exhibitions and Changing Exhibitions Restroom flash photography is prohibited. Program Spaces Elevator Outdoors Information Desk ■ Young children must be accompanied by an adult. Coat Room ■ Be courteous when using cell phones. Ragnar © Siggi