Lancaster Museum of Art & History

Modern museum with a 2 story glass building located in the heart of Lancaster. Love how the cars can park in the middle of the street and music just come put the speakers. It features a gift shop inside and some art exhibits. However, didnt see anything about local history. The cashier at front told us about the suggested donations for the museum and we paid. Didnt receive a receipt though. And they didn’t have a donations box that was a little weird. Hmm where does the donations go. hmm. The museum also has a gallery on oak street features the work of local artists.

Loved the opening show. Seeing Austin Young’s video, Roni Stretch, Justin Bower, and Laura Larson’s work. Cool vibe. Cool people and turnout. Would love to see more art here in the future!

Classy and cool. Fun and intriguing, I love the rotating exhibits about every 3 months or so. Free entry, so pay a small donation. It deserves your attention and a visit.

I really like that there is a museum like this is Lancaster. Really, the whole BLVD is a great learning experience for families, but now that they have the museum, children can really get some quality knowledge outside of the classroom. I have only done a quick walk through of the museum wile trying to kill time, but there really is a lot to see. If you take the time to read and watch the videos you may find something very interesting.

Located on Lancaster Blvd, this two-​story white museum is also known as MOAH (Museum of Art and History). There are six distinct rooms, some displaying collections all from one artist, with art lining the corridors up until dead ends.
+ Parking: free on the Blvd
+ Admission is free on Sundays
+ Person at the desk is helpful and friendly
+ Clean, neat, and minimalistic.
+ Rotating exhibitions. The next one should come in around December, though some will stay as part of the permanent exhibition. My guess is the Indian beads and yarn work next to the gift merchandise section will stay.
+ I had fun in the «Creatures of clay» collection room, which can get really hot because of all the glass windows. I wanted to stay longer but I was breaking out in sweat and feeling dizzy.
+ Not crowded. There were maybe 10 of us in the museum at any given time when I was visiting.
— Maybe it’s just the paintings on display this time. I was pretty creeped out by Jennifer Glass’s Cyanotypes, which reminded me of jellyfish and ghosts, neither of which I like very much. I also wasn’t much of a fan of all the car crash paintings or the collection of pencil sketches or the photographs. Oh, I’m just an amateur, don’t mind me too much. I am more into abstracts and playing with colors, whereas there were just too many faces in this museum for me. Nightmares for days!
— The museum is pretty small, though I am used to mansions like the Getty. It’s worth a Sunday stroll around, at least.
«The Museum of Art and History has since eliminated it’s admission fee. It’s free all the time, not just Sundays. The old admission prices have become suggested donations» –Thanks Robert B for updating me on this!

Wowsers! I’m impressed.
I work in the museum field in Las Vegas and ended up in Lancaster to pick up some items we had on loan to another entity. I have to admit — I assumed Lancaster was just another sleepy desert berg with no cultural amenities beyond the local mall. Boy, was I mistaken!
When I found out this museum had recently opened — I knew I had to check it out. I’m a huge fan of Southern CA contemporary art — and the museum’s grand opening exhibition «Smooth Operations: Substance and Light in Southern California Art» was right up my Hollywood born and bred alley.
The downstairs gallery was a beautiful two-​story tall center space in the museum. The dark gray floors contrasted the white gallery walls and highlighted the use of color in the pieces of this exhibition. The exhibition was well curated with pieces from highly respected and important CA artists such as Judy Chicago and Larry Bell.
Upstairs a show concentrating on landscape paintings held additional surprises in that, although I’m not a huge fan of landscapes, I fell in love with the new and modern interpretations of the genre found in the work by Gregory Martin and Christine Kline. Showing an old dog like me new tricks is thrilling!
The third gallery was more history based — built along a timeline model. Kind of a snooze fest after seeing such exciting art!
All in all — I came away impressed and invigorated. Congrats, Lancaster, on a really well-​done museum!