Art Museum
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Little Rock, United States.
About Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, is an art museum located in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum's most recent expansion and renovation was designed by architecture and urban design practice Studio Gang.
The museum features a permanent collection of art along with occasional special exhibitions. Other parts include a research library and rooms for several art education classes. It also includes a restaurant and a gift shop. Many of the facilities such as the main atrium and the lecture hall can be rented for special events. The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association. In 2011, Arkansas.com named it one of the top 10 attractions in the state.
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts by the numbers
- Founded
- 1937
Plan your visit
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
- Website
- arkmfa.org
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What's on
Nathalie Miebach: Under A Restless Sky
2 Aug 2025 – 28 Mar 2027
Nathalie Miebach (Zeven, Germany, 1972 – ), Under A Restless Sky (detail), 2025, paper, wood, reed, and data, Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2025 – 2027, ©…
Anne Lindberg: passage
22 Apr 2023 – 4 Jul 2027
Anne Lindberg (Iowa City, Iowa, 1962 – ), passage (detail), 2023, cotton thread and staples, 49 1/2 x 312 x 53 1/4 in., Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2023.…
Aftermaths: Mat Collishaw
6 Jun 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Mat Collishaw (Nottingham, England, 1966 – ), Aftermaths (still), 2025, full HD video, 7 minutes and 39 seconds, Courtesy of the artist. Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin…
65th Young Arkansas Artists
23 May 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.
Will Barnet: Seasons of Life
2 May 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
Will Barnet (Beverly, Massachusetts, 1911 – 2012, New York, New York), Silent Seasons, Autumn (detail), 1969, lithograph on paper, 29 3/4 x 22 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts…
A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time
19 Feb 2026 – 6 Sep 2026
Ron Kleeman (Bay City, Michigan, 1937 – 2014, Great Barrington, Massachusetts), Gas Line from City-Scapes Portfolio (detail), 1979, screenprint on Somerset paper, 22 x 29 3/4 in.,…