The National Museum of Wildlife Art

2820 Rungius Road Jackson, WY 83001, (307) 733-5771 www.wildlifeart.org

The National Museum of Wildlife Art, founded in 1987, is a world-class art museum holding more than 5,000 artworks representing wild animals from around the world. Featuring work by prominent artists such as Georgia O’keeffe, Andy Warhol, Robert Kuhn, John James Audubon and Carl Rungius, the museum’s unsurpassed permanent collection chronicles much of the history of wildlife in art, from 2500 B.C. to the present. Built into a hillside overlooking the National Elk Refuge, the Museum received the designation National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States by order of Congress in 2008. Boasting the Museum Shop, interactive Children’s Discovery Gallery, Palate restaurant and outdoor sculpture trail, the museum is only two-and-a-half miles north of Jackson Town Square and two miles from the gateway of Grand Teton National Park. Current and upcoming exhibitions include the Collectors

Circle 20th Anniversary, which runs through August 26, and Invisible Boundaries: Exploring Yellowstone’s Great Animal Migrations, on view through August 19. “I got to see Invisible Boundaries at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West last summer and was immediately taken with its intriguing combination of science, photography, art and film. To have these media offering different ways of seeing and understanding things that are so close to our hearts here in Wyoming—national parks and large mammals—was a real eye-opener. It is unlike any exhibit we have ever had, and I’m sure will be a real hit with our visitors,” says Dr. Adam Harris, museum curator at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

The National Museum of Wildlife Art in the summer.

The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Animal Trophies, pastel on paper, 23½ x 19½", by John Joseph Enneking (1841-1916). Gift of the 1999 Collectors Circle, National Museum of Wildlife Art.

The National Museum of Wildlife Art, River Mates, bronze, 52 x 48 x 12", by Tim Cherry. Gift of the 2016 Collectors Circle, National Museum of Wildlife Art. © Tim Cherry.