Plan Your Visit

Visiting the Museum

Hours

• Monday 11am–6pm
• Tuesday CLOSED
• Wednesday 11am–6pm
• Thursday 11am–9pm
• Friday 11am–6pm
• Saturday 11am–6pm
• Sunday 11am–6pm

The Museum Store, Perspective Café, and Wells Fargo Art PLAYce, our intergenerational makerspace, are open during Museum hours. The Frances Mulhall Achilles Art Library is temporarily closed.

Reserve Your Tickets

Pre-purchased online tickets are encouraged for a contactless experience; walk-in tickets are also available. Tickets are released on the 15th of each month and are non-refundable.

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ADMISSION

Added fee for special exhibitions.

• Always free for Museum Members, UNC Asheville students, active-duty military personnel with valid ID, and children under 6
• $15 general admission (plus tax)
• $13 adult discounted admission (senior 65+) (plus tax)
• $10 student discounted admission (child 6–17, degree-seeking college students with valid ID) (plus tax)

Visiting with a group? Click here to book a self-guided or guided tour.

We invite you to use our smARTguide in the galleries during your visit. We also offer many opportunities to engage with us with small-group, in-person programs, virtual programs.

CALENDAR

For Your Safety

• The Museum’s main entrance doors and restroom sinks/toilets are touchless.
• Touchless payment options are installed at the welcome desk, in the Museum Store, and in Perspective Café.
• Enhanced sanitation protocols are in effect for all areas of the Museum.
• The Museum’s heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems are optimized with filtration above the Center for Disease Control’s and ASHRAE’s COVID-19 recommendations. Air is exchanged several times per hour in all publicly accessible spaces.

Please come back to visit another time if you or any member of your group:

• has cough, fever, shortness of breath, or other flu-like symptoms
• has recently been in contact with another person who is suspected to have, or tested positive for, COVID-19.

By visiting the Museum, you:

• acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk of being exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by visiting the Museum and/or participating in programs at the Museum, and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, or death.
• accept such risks and volunteer to visit and/or participate with full understanding of the dangers involved. By visiting the Museum and/or participating in programs at the Museum, you waive and release the Museum, its employees, agents, officers, and representatives from any and all claims, costs, liability, and expense for any injury, loss, or damage whether known, anticipated, or unanticipated arising from your voluntary visit and/or program participation.

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Other Information

Parking

The Museum does not have its own parking facility. There are several parking decks nearby, as well as metered and free street parking. For real-time information about city parking decks, click here. For general city street and lot parking information, click here. For additional daily parking lots, click here for Preferred Parking lots or click here for The Car Park lots. There are two accessible parking spaces on Pack Square, and two just south of Pack Square on Biltmore Avenue.

Visitor Guidelines

Help us conserve original artworks for future generations by not touching any objects in the galleries.

• Maintain a distance of at least 12 inches from artworks.
• Sketching or note-taking is allowed in the galleries with pencils.
• Backpacks and large bags are not permitted. Handbags must be smaller than 11 × 15 inches and carried on the front of your person to ensure safe distancing from artworks. Limited self-check is available. The Museum is not responsible for theft or damage of personal items.
• Food and drink are not allowed in the Museum except in designated areas.
• Be respectful of Museum spaces and fellow visitors by limiting phone conversations to our atrium or sculpture terrace. Free WiFi is available; inquire at the welcome desk or café counter.

Group Tours and Virtual Visits

Groups of students, adults, and family or friend groups with children are invited to engage with the Museum! Led by volunteer educators with Museum staff, our inquiry-based, conversational small-group tours and Virtual Visits introduce the Museum’s galleries and challenge visitors to hone their observation skills. Click to learn more about small-group tours for pre-K–12 students, guided tours for college students or adults, self-guided tours for college students or adults, self-guided tours for pre-K–12 students, Virtual Visits for pre-K–12 students, or Virtual Visits for college students or adults. Reservations for food service in the café must be coordinated 4 weeks in advance by emailing the Perspective Café.

Accessibility

Click here for complete information about accessibility.

Membership

Museum Members enjoy a variety of exciting benefits including unlimited free general admission to the Museum, the rooftop sculpture terrace, and Perspective Café, as well as discounts in the café and Museum Store. Click here to join or renew online or at the welcome desk.

Facility Rental

The Museum is a stunning, state-of-the-art venue to host unique business meetings, weddings, rehearsal dinners, conferences, or other events. Click here to learn more.

Photography

Except where noted, still photography is permitted for private, noncommercial use only. The use of flash, video cameras, tripods, and selfie sticks is not permitted. Click here to read our full photography policy.

Smile! We may be at work documenting Museum activities for educational and promotional materials.