Back to Exhibitions Halftone Histories: Memory, Erasure, and Belonging January 31 - April 19, 2026 • Past Exhibition Mark and Hilarie Moore Family Trust Gallery Mixed-media works inspired by Belizean color, architecture, and the artist's diasporic experience that examine how cultural identity is formed, hidden, and rediscovered. Francis Robateau Jr. Part of Metaphor exhibition season Image Credit: Francis C. Robateau Jr., Hybrid Moments (detail), 2022, Acrylic and screenprint on canvas Courtesy of the Artist

Back to Exhibitions Daisy Patton Flowers, Fruits, and Birds September 26, 2026 - April 25, 2027 • Upcoming Exhibition Daisy Patton: Flowers, Fruits, and Birds explores the intersection of personal memory and intergenerational histories. Drawing from found photographs, archival imagery, and decorative traditions, Patton transforms portraits through vibrant floral interventions and embellishment, reintroducing women from the past as figures suspended between eras. The exhibition title references a passage from The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, in which women are metaphorically associated with flowers, fruits, and birds. Patton reclaims these symbols, revealing them not only as markers of beauty and fragility, but also as emblems of growth, resilience, and creation. Events Opening Celebration: New Fall Exhibitions at MOAH September 26, 2026 12 - 4 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534, USA Join us Daisy Patton, Untitled (Five Patterned Women on the Ledge with White Flowers) (detail) , 2021, oil on archival print. Courtesy of the artist.

Back to Exhibitions David Alabo I found us in the future... September 26,2026 - January 3, 2027 • Upcoming Exhibition David Alabo: I found us in the future… constructs worlds that feel at once familiar and fantastical. Ghanaian-Moroccan artist Alabo creates immersive, Afrofuturist narratives through vibrant digital environments and bronze sculpture that blend mythology, folklore, and possible futures for African diasporic communities. The exhibition explores the notion of relics of future pasts, imagined artifacts from civilizations yet to come and remnants of alternate timelines. Together, the works invite viewers to consider how future societies might interpret the traces we leave behind, expanding ideas of dominant histories and possibilities beyond linear time. Events Opening Celebration: New Fall Exhibitions at MOAH September 26, 2026 12 - 4 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534, USA Join us

Back to Exhibitions Burn Pile/ All Kinds of Murmuring Here and There January 31 - April 19, 2026 • Past Exhibition Atrium A sculptural installation built from papier-mâché and faux-wood structures inscribed with randomized community “truths,” exploring the tension between fact and illusion. Part of Metaphor exhibition season Image Credit: Bachrun LoMele, Burn Pile / All Kinds of Murmuring Here and There (detail), 2022, Relief prints on paper mounted on gatorboard, oil pen, markers, ink, paper maché, paper clay, aluminum leaf, aluminum foil, acrylic paint, running LED signs, scrambled, donated truth essences Courtesy of the Artist

Back to Exhibitions Blue Grass, Green Skies Fall/Winter 2025 Season September 27 - January 4, 2026 • Past Exhibition Lancaster Museum of Art and History Blue Grass, Green Skies brought together works that reflected on the natural world, environmental changes, terrain, and scenery, including pieces inspired by the California landscape. Organized in collaboration with Thinkspace and LACMA, the exhibition highlighted diverse artistic perspectives on these themes. ⁠ Strange Pathways A group exhibition and solo projects featuring Stephanie Buer, Alexis Mata, Eli McMullen, and Mark Jeffrey Santos. Learn More Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art an exhibition from LACMA Learn More Elevations and Extensions Luciana Abait Learn More

Back to Exhibitions Barrio Science Chicanismo and Speculative Experiments in Art September 26, 2026 - January 3, 2027 • Upcoming Exhibition Main Gallery and South Gallery Barrio Science: Chicanismo and Speculative Experiments in Art celebrates the beauty, creativity, and resourcefulness found in the barrio through artwork that explores identity, healing, spirituality, and the often-overlooked labor of these urban communities. The nine artists in the exhibition experiment with everyday materials and imagery from Chicano/a/x and Latine culture in ways that prompt the viewer to ask, “what if?” The show features work by Abel Alejandre, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Felicia 'Fe' Montes, Jaime Muñoz, noé olivas, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Verónica Preciado, Natalia Rocafuerte, and Jacqueline Valenzuela. Events Opening Celebration: New Fall Exhibitions at MOAH September 26, 2026 12 - 4 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534, USA Join us Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Flores (detail), 2022-2025, oil, enamel on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Brown. Photo by Paul Salveson.

Past Exhibitions 300-Miles to Wounded Knee: The Oomaka Tokatakiya, Future Generations Ride Ken Marchionno January 23 – May 9, 2021 Ken Marchionno has been pursuing photography since the age of 15 and after working with video, installation, interactive design, digital works and performance, documentary photography is Marchionno's preferred medium and methodology. Marrying his artwork with his passionate social practice, he records the fragility and complexity of life in a quick-moving contemporary world, and through his photography gives voice to moments, people and places that might have otherwise been overlooked. Read More A print collection Nuri Amanatullah February 2019 - May 2021 Nuri Amanatullah is an Antelope Valley-based painter, illustrator, and designer whose stylized, graphic depictions of flora and fauna are represented in a variety of mediums including illustration and large-scale murals. Employing both traditional techniques and digital media, Amanatullah has designed for Disney, storyboarded for Uber, illustrated for Airbnb, and painted walls at numerous sites around the Antelope Valley including a mural with Antelope Valley Walls in 2018, as well as in Flint, Michigan as part of the Free City Mural Festival. Read More Activation Various Artists January 22 - April 16, 2022 The Lancaster Museum of Art and History is opening its latest exhibition season, Activation , a series of solo exhibitions from artists Mark Steven Greenfield, April Bey, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Carla Jay Harris, and Keith Collins. The opening reception for Activation will be held on Saturday, January 22, 2022 from 4 to 6 p.m., in tandem with What Would You Say? Activist Graphics from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the second exhibition in its Local Access series. The exhibitions will remain on view until April 16, 2022. Read More Art Activations at the Preserve Dani Dodge 2019 Los Angeles artist Dani Dodge uses unexpected sculptural materials to alter spaces. Her experience as an embedded journalist during the 2003 invasion of Iraq changed her forever. Since then, she has created art and installations that change and challenge expectations. From brightening a black and white snowy forest in Ireland with luminescent tree stumps to turning a Los Angeles gallery into a gantlet of rotating car parts made from baby blankets, her works play with surrealist ideas using innovative forms. Read More Artist As Subject Various Artists May 7 - July 24, 2016 Rebecca Campbell Andrew Frieder Kent Anderson Butler Eric Minh Swenson Jane Szabo Nataša Prosenc Stearns Read More British Invasion Various Artists November 19, 2016 - January 22, 2017 Born in Cambridge, England, Andrew Hall is best known for his graphically stunning, abstract photography. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts with honors in graphic design from Exeter College of Art and Design. A successful commercial photographer, Hall has worked with some of London’s top creative agencies and design consultancies. Read More Celebrate the Lunar New Year Lorraine Bubar Read More Citrus Series David Koeth June 5 – September 5, 2021 A critique of these large-scale industrial complexes a the damaging processes of unsustainable agricultural production Describing himself as restless and eclectic, David Koeth works with citrus peels, paint, coffee, and graphic design. His artworks reflect humanity's long-fought struggle with pollution and humanity’s attempt to combat the destruction of Earth's natural resources and living species. Read More Collaborate and Create Various Artists May 9 - August 16, 2020 Collaborate and Create is an extension project conceived by the directors of Kipaipai Workshops, a non-profit organization that focuses on the professional development of artists. Kipaipai Workshop’s mission is to encourage, inspire and build community. Collaborate and Create pairs two artists with varying artistic styles to problem solve and produce a collaborative work pushing boundaries outside the artists’ regular studio practice and experimenting with styles and materials. Read More Contemporary Landscape: From the Desert to the Sea Various Artists November 22, 2014 - January 11, 2015 Being Here and There features photographic works by twenty-six artists whose imagery derives from their individual and contemplative experience of place. Situated among an array of topographies and ecosystems from the desert to the sea, each of their creative works provides us with a unique view and perspective of a spectacular landscape, unlike any other. These artists are contemporary surveyors, seeking to depict and give meaning to this place where we live. Read More CountMeIn - 2020 Census Project Various Artists May 9 - December 27, 2020 The Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH) and the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation (LMPAF) invite the public to its newest exhibition #CountMeIn , a celebration of the community recognizing their value in civic life through engagement and education on the topic of the 2020 United States Census. Every decade, the U.S. Census counts every resident in the nation and uses the data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities and determines the number of seats each state receives in the House of Representatives. Read More Empty Vessel Excerpts Amir Zaki January 23 – May 9, 2021 Amir Zaki is a photographer interested in the rhetoric of authenticity. Although Zaki’s use of hybridized photography tows the line between reality and the abstract, his documentary style ensures the viewer’s trust in the piece remains intact. His subject matter revolves around the architectural and organic California landscape, mainly the idea that California is symbolic of a metaphorical collage of styles and ideas. Read More

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Arts for Youth Tours The Arts for Youth (AFY) program, designed for participants between the ages of five and eighteen, offers students the opportunity to learn about contemporary Southern California artwork through group outings to the Lancaster Museum of Art & History. The Arts for Youth program centers around a 30-minute guided tour that introduces students to the current exhibition(s) on view at MOAH. Tours are interactive, with multi-sensory items and open-ended questions that promote engaging group discussions. Included in the AFY program is an optional (free) art activity that relates to the artwork on view. Tours of the Western Hotel Museum and Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center are also available. AFY Tours are $3 per student; group leaders and chaperones are free. One chaperone per 15 students is required. Groups of more than 18 students will be broken into smaller tour rotations. Please book at least 3 weeks in advance. Payments are taken upon arrival. If you have any questions or need additional information about the Arts for Youth Program, please contact the Education Department at (661) 723-6085 or MOAHeducation@cityoflancasterca.gov . Use the form below to request a youth tour. Interested in adult tours? Click Here Apply for transportation grant MOAH Arts for Youth MOAH Arts for Youth MOAH Arts for Youth MOAH Arts for Youth 1/8 Request a youth tour! Primary Contact First Name Primary Contact Last Name Organization Phone Email Which location(s) would your group like to tour? Number of students Number of Adults (group leader + chaperones) Student age(s) Would you like to add a free art activity (~30 minutes) to your booking? (Not applicable for Western Hotel Museum tours) Choose an option Select a preferred date * required Select a preferred time Please note any accessibility accommodations that your group may need. Please share any details about your group that can help us tailor your museum visit to fit your group's needs. By checking this box, I acknowledge that this exhibition contains: nudity and other mature content. I want to subscribe to the newsletter. **Your tour appointment is not set until you receive confirmation from one of our team members. Apply

Inclusion 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. Sensory Friendly Programming Community members experiencing autism and/or other hyper- and hypo-sensitivities are invited to participate in the Lancaster Museum of Art and History's Sensory Friendly Programming (SFP). This programming is multi-faceted, with open hours every first Saturday of the month (during exhibition dates), Take-A-Break Space during select BLVD events, and calming tools available for check out from guest services. SFP Open Hours Every first Saturday of the month, the museum opens one hour early 10:00 am to welcome guests with hyper- and hypo-sensitivities. Lights are dimmed, sound elements are lowered, a free sensory-friendly art activity is offered, and the Take-A-Break Space is open for use. Fidgets and noise-canceling headphones are available for use throughout the museum. Take-A-Break Space Stocked with calming tools, noise-canceling headphones, kinetic sand, snacks, and water, the Take-A-Break Space is a great spot to relax during a museum visit or BLVD event. The T-A-B Space is located off of the Main Gallery. Check MOAH's scheduled events for details about T-A-B Space availability. American Sign Language Tours The Lancaster Museum of Art and History offers a American Sign Language Tour for each exhibition at MOAH’s main location. They are led by a MOAH guide, who is accompanied by a certified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. Please register in advance on Eventbrite; space is limited to 20 participants. Contact the Education Department at (661) 723-6085 or moaheducation@cityoflancasterca.gov for more information. Spanish Tours The Lancaster Museum of Art and History offers tours in Spanish every second Friday of the month during exhibition dates at MOAH's main location. Tours begin at 5:00 pm and last about 30-40 minutes. Please register in advance on Eventbrite – space is limited to 20 participants. Contact the Education Department at (661) 723-6085 or moaheducation@cityoflancasterca.gov for more information. Early Stage Social Engagement Program (virtual) The Lancaster Museum of Art and History partners with the Alzheimer's Association Southern California Chapter to create a two-part virtual tour for each exhibition on view at MOAH's main location. Each tour is one hour and touches on a variety of exhibited artworks, artistic processes, and artist perspectives for participants experiencing the early stages of dementia. Please visit https://www.alz.org/socal to register for this two-part program.

Young Artist Workshops Free Drop-in Craft Workshops for Kids Register on our events page YAW at MOAH YAW at ECIC How it works Young Artist Workshops are free art activities for children ages 3+ (must be accompanied by an adult). The YAWs at MOAH are inspired by artworks that are currently on view, and the YAWs at Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center (ECIC) are inspired by the local, natural environment. Drop In Participants can come to a YAW anytime between 3 and 7 pm. Workshops at MOAH are every first Thursday of the month, and workshop dates for ECIC can be found here . Art activities take about 10-30 minutes to make; seating and supplies are first-come, first-serve. Create Participants create an artwork from start to finish, with all the supplies and guidance provided by MOAH staff. Each YAW is unique and introduces children to a variety of art techniques, materials, and processes. Share Tag any pictures of your finished piece with #MOAHYAW on Facebook or Instagram! YAW at MOAH 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534 Every 1st Thursd ay 3 PM - 7 PM Event dates can be found on our event calendar (661) 723-6250 YAW at Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center 43201 35th St. W Lancaster, CA, 93536 Every Third Sunday 12 PM - 4 PM Event dates can be found on our event calendar (661) 723-6250

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.