Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham, offers free admission on Thursdays and on select Sundays. It also hosts some free events.
Normally admission is:
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors (65 and older)
$4 Non-Duke students with student ID
FREE ADMISSION FOR:
Nasher Museum members
Children 15 and under
Duke students, faculty and staff with DukeCard or Duke Medicine ID
Duke alumni with alumni card or app
Active Duty Military and Veterans plus family
Everyone on Thursday, all day, 10 AM – 9 PM
Where We Find Ourselves: Gallery Talk, Book Signing
Friday, January 18th, 2019
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free
Discover the extraordinary work of Hugh Mangum, a self-taught portrait photographer from Durham who lived more than a century ago.
Meet Alex Harris and Margaret Sartor, faculty at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, who will give an informal gallery talk about the exhibition they co-curated, Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897 – 1922. The book published by CDS Books and the University of North Carolina Press will be available for purchase. Reception to follow.
Family Day
Family Days take place on select Sundays from Noon-4 PM. On these days families visiting the museum enjoy live entertainment, create hands-on projects and explore exhibitions with a gallery hunt. Free admission.
January 27, 2019
March 24, 2019
May 19, 2019
Family Day: Cardboard City 3
Sunday, January 27th, 2019
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Save all of your holiday shipping boxes and put them to good use helping us transform the Nasher Great Hall into Cardboard City 3! The third annual event will feature expert guidance from real architects from the Triangle Section of the American Institute of Architects. Take a break from building to enjoy other art making opportunities, gallery explorations and live performances from Rags to Riches Theatre for Young Audiences.
