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Accessibility The Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is compliant with American Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. MOAH is committed to making its facility, collections, exhibitions, programs, and services accessible to all visitors. Physical access to MOAH is compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. Wheelchair Accessibility All galleries and facilities are wheelchair accessible. Visitors with wheelchairs can access MOAH through its front-facing doors and utilize the elevator to access the 2nd and rooftop floors. All restrooms on each floor are wheelchair accessible. Service Animals MOAH is committed to providing its programs to a broad and diverse audience that includes those assisted by trained service animals. MOAH is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which defines service animals as a dog that is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. According to the ADA, the dog must be trained to take a specific action when needed to assist the person with a disability. For example, a person with diabetes may have a dog that is trained to alert him when his blood sugar reaches high or low levels. ⓘ Certified service animals are welcomed and allowed in MOAH’s public areas. However, the following questions may be asked of each guest with a service dog: - Is the service dog required because of a disability? - What work or task has the dog been trained to perform? Accessible Parking Accessible parking spaces are located in the parking lot behind the museum. Accessible Facilities All public restrooms in the museum are ADA accessible. Two gender-neutral single-stall bathrooms are located on the first floor. Elevators Elevators are available for all three levels of the building, with locations at the Moore Family Trust Gallery, near the top of stairs on the second floor, and on the third rooftop floor. Sensory Accommodation Noise-canceling headphones and sensory-friendly fidgets are available for checkout at the front desk. Quiet Time to Visit The museum is quietest between 11 AM to 1:30 PM Tuesday and Wednesday. The busiest days are Thursday and Friday.

Sean YangTOUCH THE TRUESELF WITHINThrough sculptural ceramics and mixed- media works, artist Sean Yang’s practice exploits the tension between reproduction and handcrafted objects, using this dialogue to examine social control, collective unconsciousness, individual identity, and cultural transformation. < Back SEAN YANG 20X20X12 Pigeonhole_MIXEDMEDIA CAST RESIN_2023.jpg SEAN YANG 9X7X6 BLUE MOUNTAIN PORCELAIN STONEWARE OXIDES GLAZED 2019.jpg SEAN YANG 4X12X5 CocaCola Buddha mixedmedia cast resin 2016.JPG SEAN YANG 20X20X12 Pigeonhole_MIXEDMEDIA CAST RESIN_2023.jpg 1/7 Sean Yang TOUCH THE TRUESELF WITHIN Through sculptural ceramics and mixed- media works, artist Sean Yang’s practice exploits the tension between reproduction and handcrafted objects, using this dialogue to examine social control, collective unconsciousness, individual identity, and cultural transformation. His work is informed by a nomadic-like experience during his early 20s, in which he traveled across thirteen European countries until finally settling down in the United States, taking bits and pieces from these cultures and fusing them into his own personal identity. Focusing on the desire to quiet the mind and embrace the unity between human, nature, and environment, Yang’s installation TOUCH THE TRUESELF WITHIN considers his interpretation of the Four Noble Truths: suffering, self-righteousness, perception of human nature, and environmental sustainability. Yang’s work is a meditation on the process of self-discovery, focusing on how the experience is not the result of a straightforward course, but rather a collection of social and internal exchanges within oneself. Previous Next

Selected Works < Back Previous Dan "Nuge" Nguyen Selected Works Dan ‘Nuge’ Nguyen’s artistic practice seeks to explore the relationship between structure and fluidity. Utilizing wood as his primary medium, Nuge creates works that defy the physical qualities of the material while still preserving its warmth and tactility. These vibrant sculptures are visually dense, combining color and organic forms into a single composition. Along with wood, he uses other material such as concrete, ceramics, and felted wool. Nuge’s process derives from his background in, and subsequent rebellion from, architecture. He felt that the day-to-day routines of a typical architecture firm restricted his creative process. Longing for something much more involved and intensive, he turned to creating simple wooden cutting boards and eventually full-fledged sculptures. To Nuge, his unorthodox use of wood creates a refreshing take on the medium, stripping away its traditional perception of rigidity and solidity . His works take on organic forms, highlighting wood’s inherent natural beauty. Next

Artist Lorraine Bubar explored the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve during a six-month period in 2025 as part of the Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center (ECIC) Artist-in-Residence program. In that time, she created beautiful papercut artworks inspired by the Mojave Desert landscape. Her colorful, layered paper pieces capture the unique plants, animals, and natural beauty of this special urban desert oasis. The work on view in her exhibition at ECIC are print reproductions of these cut paper works she created through a technique that she sees as painting with paper. These intricate designs weave together themes of metamorphosis, movement, and the hierarchies of desert life. Her artwork celebrates the amazing ecosystems found right here in our local preserve. During her residency, Bubar also taught community workshops, sharing her love of art and nature with visitors. Artwork provided by Lorraine Bubar Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center: 43201 35th St W, Lancaster, CA 93536 << Back to PDWP & ECIC page

4th Floor Mural Custom Aerospace Mural Curated by the Lancaster Museum of Art & History 1/1 1 - McDonnell F-21 Voodoo, a USAF supersonic jet fighter Photographic Print 2012.999.70 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 2 - SpaceShipOne Photographic Print 2020.FIC.05.02 MOAH Digital Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched, rocket-powered aircraft manufactured by Scaled Composites that has a hybrid rocket motor allowing it to be capable of sub-orbital spaceflight. 3 - USAF test pilot Robert A. (“Bob”) Hoover with XFJ-2, 1951 Photographic Print 2012.999.71 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 4 - Corwin "Corky" Meyer, a Grumman Test Pilot Photographic Print 2012.999.72 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 5 - Research pilot John Manke with an X-24B Lifting Body, 1975. Photographic Print 2012.999.73 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) John served as Chief of Flight Operations, and as site manager NASA's Flight Research Center, later the Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards, CA. 6 - William J. "Pete" Knight sitting in an X-15 Photographic Print 2012.999.55.03 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 7 - B-52 Stratofortress, c. 1960 Photographic Print 2012.999.56.01 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s. 8 - McDonnell F-21 Voodoo, a USAF supersonic jet fighter Photographic Print 2012.999.70 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 9 - Anthony "Tony" LeVier posing on a Lockheed Starfighter, c. 1960s Photographic Print 2012.999.66.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Tony LeVier's test flying was instrumental in proving the Lockheed P-38 Lightning design. He and chief engineering test pilot Milo Burcham alternated flying dive tests to observe the design's performance at transonic speeds. To demonstrate the reliability of the design in the hands of a skilled pilot, he performed aerobatic shows for students at the Polaris Flight school at War Eagle Field in nearby Lancaster. 10 - Space Shuttle Columbia Photographic Print 2012.999.37.03 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO)

back to list Tran Nguyen TRAN NGUYEN is an award-winning illustrator & gallery artist. Born in Can Tho, Vietnam, she currently resides in the peachy state of Georgia. Tran's paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper.

back to list Super A Stefan Thelen’s anti-superhero identity Super A is a Dutch artist who uses traditional painting technique and a knack for design to create compositions that manipulate familiar iconography into mind-bending and inquisitive pieces. His alter-ego, Super A is the filter with which the life and observations of Stefan Thelen are distilled down and turn into inspiration. All of his work evolves out of personal experiences or thoughts that grow into concepts which tightrope between fiction and nonfiction. Super A is a mystery that leans on the art doing most of the talking for Stefan Thelen, taking the viewer into a wonderland walking down a yellow brick road in which Thelen’s figurative and modern surrealist compositions are providing playful puzzles to decipher.

Listen Now MOAH Muse is your gateway to the world of creativity, hosted by museum curators, art enthusiasts and cultural connoisseurs. Dive into captivating discussions, interviews, and explorations of art, culture, and creativity. Immerse yourself in the vivid tapestry of human expression and let MOAH Muse inspire your creativity and enrich your cultural knowledge. Listen Now

2014 < View Public Art Projects One Desert Sky 2014 Permanent Art Project By Brad Howe Drawing upon the stories of local Antelope Valley residents, artist and Antelope Valley native Brad Howe created the installation that now hangs in the atrium of the High Desert Regional Health Center, located on Avenue I and. Taking mental pictures from these stories, Howe turned them into actual images – 8,000 laser-cut aluminum plates painted blue. Spearheaded by the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, a naming contest took place with the winning name being “One Desert Sky” – an imagine invoked by the blue images and the stories behind them.

2015 < View Public Art Projects Yarn Bomb at MOAH 2015 Temporary Art Project After receiving much acclaim from the community for organizing the yarn bombing of Lancaster City Hall, Kris Holiday was commissioned again to install outside MOAH’s main entrance. Holiday expanded her idea to a district-wide project. She and her team were inspired by the whimsical humor art can bring into the world so they created yarn flowers, hung yarn balls from the roof, and covered up bicycles, planters, pillars and walls. A desk they covered from MOAH’s Young Artist Workshop was later donated to R. Rex Parris High School as a permanent installation.

< Back Mela M Featured Structure Artist MANIFEST STRUCTURES FROM THE IMAGINAL is a new body of work from Mela that captures the artist's concept of "a provocative stream of consciousness as the past informs the present… to imagine multiple future possibilities." For Mela, these works bear witness to species-driven archetypes that result in how humans structure their lives on a physical and emotional level. The acceleration of science and technology have made these cultural systems increasingly complex, and these intricacies are reflected in Mela's structural representations. Mela strives to create visualizations of the different layers of human consciousness as imagined through multiple dimensions and timelines, and hopes her work challenges upcoming artists to draw inspiration from this not-so-common era. There are five distinct but related components from throughout the museum that make up MANIFEST STRUCTURES FROM THE IMAGINAL: a set of four acrylic paintings titled THE EVOLUTION OF THE OMEGATROPOLIS THROUGH FOUR SEASONS OF ARCHITECTONIC METAMORPHOSIS (lobby atrium), the hand-drawn CITYSCAPES OF ARCHITECTONIC METAMORPHOSIS FOR THE COMMON ERA (wall leading to the Jewel Box), a symbolic monument titled THE TOTEM OF THE MOON CASTLE (Jewel Box), and two architectural wooden sculptures titled THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE MOVES THROUGH IRREGULAR ANGLES IN A RISING WALL FROM AN ARCHITECTONIC CITY WITHOUT NAME OR PLACE OR TIME and THE WALL TEMPLE AT THE VANISHING POINT (Ralph and Virginia Bozigian Family Gallery). Mela M has an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California and an MFA from the Technological Institute of Art and Textile Design in Belarus. Her work has garnered national and international recognition with over twenty solo exhibitions, twenty-seven museum group exhibitions, and dozens of group shows in colleges and universities. She has been honored with numerous prizes and awards internationally, and her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Long Beach Museum of Art in California, the Southwestern Oregon College at Coos Bay in Oregon, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belarus. Previous Next

Walk of Honor The Aerospace Walk of Honor program pays tribute to the outstanding accomplishments of distinguished test pilots. Sidewalk monuments along West Lancaster Boulevard continue to honor the contributions of these brave men and women. As the first project in the United States to honor test pilots, the Lancaster's Aerospace Walk of Honor program acknowledges the City of Lancaster's seventy-five year tradition as the nation's Host City and aerospace center. The program's purpose is to honor a distinguished group of internationally known experimental test pilots who flew at Edwards Air Force Base during their careers. The Aerospace Walk of Honor was established by the Lancaster City Council in 1990. The project awards recognition to test pilots whose aviation careers are marked by significant achievements beyond one specific accomplishment. In a profession where extraordinary achievement is the norm, honorees selected for the Aerospace Walk of Honor were those who soared above the rest. The Aerospace Walk of Honor program was completed in 2009 when the 100th honoree was inducted. California artist Robert Schaar has painted a series of portraits of the Center’s NACA/NASA pilots inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Honor. These Include: A. Scott Crossfield Walk of Honor 1990 Joseph A. Walker Walk of Honor 1991 Fitzhugh L. Fulton Jr. Walk of Honor 1991 Neil A. Armstrong Walk of Honor 1991 William H. Dana Walk of Honor 1993 Milton O. Thompson Walk of Honor 1993 Fred W. Haise Walk of Honor 1995 John B. McKay Walk of Honor 1996 John A. Manke Walk of Honor 1997 Thomas C. McMurtry Walk of Honor 1998 Stanley P. Butchart Walk of Honor 1999 Donald L. Mallick Walk of Honor 2000 C. Gordon Fullerton Walk of Honor 2000 Rogers E. Smith Walk of Honor 2003 Bruce A. Peterson Walk of Honor 2003 Edward T. Schneider Walk of Honor 2005 John H. Griffith Walk of Honor 2006 View or Download the Official Walk of Honor Map by clicking on the cover image or here . Visiting one of our museums? Let us help you plan your trip!