Which museum in Santa Fe houses the world’s largest collection of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work?

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe houses the world’s largest collection of her work. The museum opened in 1997, eleven years after O’Keeffe’s death, to preserve and interpret her art and legacy.

Its collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and personal materials. The holdings cover the major phases of O’Keeffe’s career, from early abstractions and enlarged flowers to New Mexico landscapes, bones, buildings, and late works.

The museum’s presence in Santa Fe reflects O’Keeffe’s deep connection with northern New Mexico. She moved to the state permanently in 1949 after years of spending part of each year there, and the region remained a central source of her imagery.

The museum is distinct from the Georgia O’Keeffe Home and Studio in Abiquiú, which is a historic site rather than the main collection museum. Together, they help explain both her finished art and the environments in which she worked.