Which New Mexico museum opened in 1997 to preserve and exhibit Georgia O'Keeffe's art and archives?

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum opened in 1997 to preserve and exhibit Georgia O'Keeffe's art and archives.

The museum opened in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 17, 1997, eleven years after O'Keeffe’s death. It was established to celebrate her art, life, and creative process, and it holds the world’s largest collection of her work. The institution also cares for archival materials connected with her career and studios.

The museum’s holdings include paintings, drawings, and other works spanning O'Keeffe’s career, from early abstraction to flowers, cityscapes, and New Mexico subjects. Its research and education programs help place her art within the wider history of American modernism.

Santa Fe contains several other important cultural institutions, including the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Museum of International Folk Art. Those museums are not the dedicated O'Keeffe institution. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum also operates the artist’s former home and studio in Abiquiú, while the museum’s principal gallery is in Santa Fe.