New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU)
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Hours:
Museum Hours
Thursday - Sunday 10 AM-4 PM
Driving Directions:
17 South > Exit 20 A to East Los Gatos > Right on Los Gatos Blvd (becomes Main St.)
17 North > Exit on S. Santa Cruz Blvd. > Right on Main St.
NUMU is located at the corner of Main St. & Pageant Way.
About Us
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), founded in 1965, is a public non-profit art and history museum with a mission to engage the community at the intersection of art, history, and education.
Events
Last Day: Monthly Craft: DIY Folding Fan
- Beat the heat this August with NUMU’s monthly craft: DIY folding fans! Visitors can decorate and make their own folding fans with paper and popsicle sticks.
- Sunday Aug 30, 2026
Start Date: Monthly Craft: Paper Owls
- Hoo’s ready for September’s monthly craft? Visitors can use upcycled cardboard, paper, and more to make their own horned owl.
- Thursday Sep 3, 2026
Free First Sunday
- Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ New Museum Los Gatos with tours at 11 AM & 2 PM!
- Sunday Sep 6, 2026
Free First Sunday (September 2026)
- Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required.
- Sunday Sep 6, 2026
Talk of the Town: Yehudi Menuhin
- Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about violinist and composer Yehudi Menuhin. We will be joined by musician Robert Huguenor.
- Thursday Sep 17, 2026
Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting Workshop
- Learn how to capture the magical light of the Central Coast in oils with local landscape painter, Victoria Galitzine.
- Sunday Sep 20, 2026
Live Figure Drawing
- Join us at NUMU for our monthly, self-guided figure drawing sessions!
- Thursday Sep 24, 2026
Last Day: Monthly Craft: Paper Owls
- Hoo’s ready for September’s monthly craft? Visitors can use upcycled cardboard, paper, and more to make their own horned owl.
- Sunday Sep 27, 2026
Exhibition Closing: New Additions 2026
- NUMU is pleased to present New Additions 2026, on view for a limited time and highlighting more than five years of donations of artwork and historical artifacts
- Sunday Sep 27, 2026
October Monthly Craft Start: Paper Slip Pumpkins and Marigold Tissue Garlands
- Treat yourself to art this October at NUMU by making paper slip pumpkins and marigold tissue garlands.
- Thursday Oct 1, 2026
Free First Sunday (October 2026)
- Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ NUMU! Registration is required.
- Sunday Oct 4, 2026
Free First Sunday
- Enjoy free general admission on the first Sunday of the month @ New Museum Los Gatos with tours at 11 AM & 2 PM!
- Sunday Oct 4, 2026
Live Figure Drawing
- Interested in trying figure drawing for the first time or brushing up on your skills?
- Thursday Oct 8, 2026
Talk of the Town: Canneries & Agriculture
- Join us for a brief tour of the history gallery, followed by a talk about the agriculture and canneries of the South Bay.
- Thursday Oct 15, 2026
Exhibition Opens: Community Ignition
- NUMU presents art that is made by, for and in collaboration with artists in the Disability Arts Community, celebrating the richness and diversity
- Friday Oct 16, 2026
Community Ignition: Opening Reception
- Join us at NUMU to celebrate the opening of Community Ignition, a group exhibition showcasing how art is created in the Disability Arts Community
- Saturday Oct 17, 2026