Which museum in Santa Fe holds the largest public collection of Georgia O'Keeffe's work?
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe holds the largest public collection of Georgia O'Keeffe’s work.
The museum opened in Santa Fe in 1997, more than a decade after O'Keeffe’s death. Its collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other materials connected with her career. It presents her work across different periods rather than focusing only on flowers or New Mexico scenes.
The museum also operates the Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio in Abiquiú. The separate historic property helps visitors understand the rooms, garden, architecture, and landscape that shaped O'Keeffe’s later life.
The museum’s name can cause confusion with the Museum of Modern Art, which mounted O'Keeffe’s first major retrospective in 1946. MoMA is historically important to her career, but the dedicated O'Keeffe museum in Santa Fe is the institution associated with the largest public collection.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026