New Museum Los Gatos

You will learn papier-mâché techniques and tips, explore materials, and create your own spooky or silly mask in this two-day workshop with artist Leyla Carleo. Learn More & Register.

Have a spook-tacular day! Crafters of all ages can enjoy free admission & spooky crafts for Halloween and Día de los Muertos at the museum. Ages 0-5 are invited to join the Los Gatos Library for a Halloween Storytime & Trick-or-Treat Parade at 11 AM-12 PM on the Civic Center Lawn.

Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there! Learn More & Register.

NUMU has the sitch on the stitch with November’s monthly craft: woven burlap bookmarks! Enjoy being mindful while you stitch and weave yarn into your own patterned bookmark. If you need inspiration, check out the exhibition Los Gatos History Project in the History Hall and see the textile artistry of Rebecca Maria Baila née Bogni and her family’s historic seamstry practice. Learn More.

Interested in trying figure drawing for the first time or brushing up on your skills? Join us at NUMU for a self-guided figure drawing session! The session will take place in our Flick Drawing Studio with a live nude model, easels, newsprint paper, and pencils. You are welcome to bring additional materials. Learn More & Register.

Spend an evening at NUMU learning how to design your own autumn harvest wreath with Catherine Somers, Founder and CEO of Centerpiece. You will work with fresh greenery selected specifically because it dries beautifully. This allows your wreath to transition to a lasting keepsake, perfect for your front door. Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned creator, you will receive personalized guidance on composition and binding techniques in an intimate, social atmosphere. Learn More & Register.

New Museum Los Gatos welcomes the South Bay community to celebrate Reawakening: Muwekma Ohlone Culture and Connection in Pursuit of Recognition and Reawakening: Reciprocity of Land, Sea, and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe at our Community Day on November 7th. This occasion will feature family-friendly activities, refreshments, games, and exhibition-inspired activations to honor and celebrate the culture and experiences of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Stay tuned for more details! Learn more.

Girl Scouts will explore art and design through hands-on activities including painting, printmaking, and building. Brownies will explore NUMU’s galleries with a museum professional, experiment with line-making, printmaking techniques, and create their own painted portraits. Each Girl Scout will also design and build a custom frame to display their artwork. This engaging program is a fun experience you won’t want to miss! Learn More & Register.

Join us at NUMU for a conversation with artist, curator, and UC Berkeley professor emerita Katherine Sherwood. In her presentation, Katherine will invite guests to explore notable figures in art history through a disability lens, highlighting details of artists’ lives that are often unaddressed in dominant art history discourse. Sherwood will also take time to discuss contemporary disability arts topics in this presentation. This event is a hybrid event. Guests can either attend in person or virtually. Stay tuned for more information. Learn more.

The Beat poets were legendary, and Neal Cassady lived right here in Los Gatos. Join us for a talk by "Los Gatan" publisher, Dan Pulcano, as he shares his personal reminiscences of Cassady and the Beats. Learn More & Register.

Visit NUMU this holiday season to make yarn-wrapped ornaments and DIY gift tags. Use our handy templates to trace and cut out your ornament’s pattern and wrap yarn around the frame. Decorate your own gift tag to use when giving a present this season. Learn More.

Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there! Learn More & Register.

Bring a little coastal color to your holiday season! In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll explore the fluid, organic beauty of pour painting to create a one-of-a-kind ocean-inspired cutting board. Experiment with colors, movement, and swirling techniques to create your own unique design. Whether you’re making a special handmade holiday gift or treating yourself to a creative afternoon with a friend, you’ll leave with a beautiful piece of functional art inspired by the sea. Learn More & Register.

Join us for a festive night at the museum with additional open hours & free admission! As a featured stop along the Los Gatos Chamber's Holiday Trolley route, we'll be staying open late to spread some holiday cheer. This is a fun family tradition with light refreshments, holiday-themed crafts, music, and lots of local art and history! Learn more & register.

Ming Quong, a local historic school for Chinese girls, was an iconic part of Los Gatos history, and we are honored to have Janet Chang, a former resident of Ming Quong, join us to share her memories. Learn More & Register.

Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there! Learn More & Register.

Join our self-guided still life drawing sessions in NUMU’s Flick Studio. Adults of all skill levels work at their own pace with provided easels, paper, and pencils. Enjoy a quiet, creative space to practice observation and technique with a tableau of artifacts from the museum’s collection. Learn more & register.

Los Gatos has experienced home-grown Olympians, pro-athletes, & wacky local sporting events. Come and share your own stories! Learn More & Register.

In this program, Girl Scout Juniors will earn their Art and Design Badge by creating a Tiny Art Show. We will explore NUMU’s galleries looking for art and design, paint a tiny canvas, experiment with color saturation, sculpt tiny pottery from clay, and design our own tiny art show with pedestals and frames. This tiny art and design experience will be big fun! Learn More & Register.

Share the care this February at NUMU with our monthly craft: strawberry gift boxes! You are invited to create your own gift box inspired by the vintage strawberry candy wrappers we all love. Work at your own pace, tracing, cutting, and folding a strawberry-shaped gift box. They are a sweet way to share candies and favors! Learn More.

Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there! Learn More & Register.

Learn about the art of bookmaking at NUMU! We will explore how books are made and try a variety of bookmaking techniques for ourselves. Girl Scout Cadettes will fold, stitch, staple, and experiment with bookmaking tools to make fun and functional books. We will use a variety of interesting papers and design our own marbled paper using shaving cream! Learn More & Register.

Celebrate John Steinbeck's 125th birthday with us and hear about his history with Los Gatos! Featuring guest speaker, Peter Van Coutren, Archivist, Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU. Learn More & Register.

Enjoy free general admission and tours on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! The museum is open from 10 AM-4 PM, and we can't wait to see you there! Learn More & Register.

Join our self-guided still life drawing sessions in NUMU’s Flick Studio. Adults of all skill levels work at their own pace with provided easels, paper, and pencils. Enjoy a quiet, creative space to practice observation and technique with a tableau of artifacts from the museum’s collection. Learn more & register.