The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum opened in 1997.
The museum was established to preserve, study, and present O'Keeffe's art and her importance to American modernism. Its collection includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, and archival material connected with the artist. The institution opened after O'Keeffe's death and became a major center for understanding her work.
The museum is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a place closely connected with O'Keeffe's mature career. She first visited New Mexico in 1917 and returned regularly from 1929 onward, eventually making the region central to her artistic life. The museum's location reflects that long relationship.
The opening year is not 1986, the year O'Keeffe died, and it is not the year of her New Mexico arrival. The museum's founding in 1997 belongs to the later process of organizing and interpreting her legacy for the public.