Welcome to the Memorial Art Gallery
5,000 years of art from around the world in Rochester, New York
On View
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Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still LifeDecember 13, 2025–January 31, 2027
Forman Gallery
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Upcoming Events
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Portrait Painting in Water Media (36F26)Thursdays, September 17–November 19, 2026, 9:30 am–12:30 pm
$340; 10% discount for MAG Members
Creative Workshop
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Intermediate Impressionist Painting (41F26)Thursdays, September 17–November 19, 2026, 1:30 pm–4:30 pm
$310; 10% discount for MAG Members
Creative Workshop
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MAG Highlights TourThursday, September 17, 6:45 pm–7:45 pm
Included with museum admission
Meet at the Admissions Desk
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ESL Rochester Fringe Festival at MAG
Friday, September 18–Sunday, September 20
Various prices
M&T Bank Ballroom, Bausch & Lomb Parlor, Lynne Lovejoy Parlor, and the Centennial Sculpture Park
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StART with a Story with Special Guest Reader Jazmín Dreas
Saturday, September 19, 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Free
Vanden Brul Pavilion
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Going for Baroque
Sunday, September 20, 1:30 pm–1:55 pm
Included with museum admission
Fountain Court
The ESL Rochester Fringe Festival is here!
Create your Fringe experience at MAG! From music, to dance, to theatre and comedy, to a 65-foot whale on the Sculpture Park lawn, the 2026 line-up has something for everyone to discover. Every ticket includes same-day museum admission.
Shape your fall in the Creative Workshop
Multi-week fall classes are starting in the Creative Workshop, but don’t worry—there are still plenty of Art Start workshops to choose from! Paint and snack, make a quilled paper landscape, carve and print a woodblock, marble paper, and more!
Visit MAG as a group
Interested in visiting the MAG with a group of ten or more people? MAG offers a variety of options for self-guided or guided experiences in the galleries.
Free for All, Forever
Fueled by more than $9 million in community support, the Free for All, Forever initiative will make general admission free for everyone in 2027 and sustain access to art and culture for generations to come.
