A visit to SAMA takes you around the world and through five thousand years of art in a complex of buildings that once housed the Lone Star Brewery.

San Antonio, Texas
Joined March 2009
SAMA is pleased to welcome Christine C. Brindza as the Museum’s new Marie and Hugh Halff, Jr., Curator of American Art. Learn more: samuseum.org/press/press-rel… 📸 Photo courtesy of Christine C. Brindza
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Brindza joins us from the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, where she served as the Senior Curator and James and Louise Glasser Curator from 2018-2026. She will start her new role on July 27, 2026.
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Join us at SAMA for a night of art, history, and culture!🎨 ✅Scan QR to register ✅Don´t forget your University ID ⏰March 26 | 6-8 pm 📍San Antonio Museum of Art
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Give the gift of dynamic and meaningful art experiences to all of San Antonio, South and Central Texas, and beyond. Please consider making a special year-end contribution to SAMA at the link below and support our artful mission this holiday season. 🎁✨ bit.ly/4pGZM0e
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
A central figure in California’s Light and Space movement, Larry Bell is, at eighty-five, having a landmark moment with three concurrent exhibitions: two in New York and one at the San Antonio Museum of Art through January 4, 2026.
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
✨Located right along the Museum Reach section of the river, @SAMAart is a must visit✨ Explore Larry Bell: Improvisations — from collages to iconic glass cubes, experience how the LA artist transforms light, surface, and space into pure magic. ✨ 📅 Now - Jan. 4, 2026
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
✨NEW ✨ Explore Larry Bell: Improvisations — from collages to iconic glass cubes, experience how the LA artist transforms light, surface, and space into pure magic. ✨ 📅 Now through January 4, 2026 📍 @SAMAart
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
Free admission. $1.30 ride. Endless summer inspiration. ☀️🎨🚌 Looking for something fun (and free) to do this summer? Ride VIA to some of San Antonio’s best museums offering no-cost entry for Bexar County residents: 🖼️ San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) 🎟️ Free for Bexar County residents on Tuesdays & Sundays 🚌 Route 8 🦖 Witte Museum 🎟️ Free on Tuesdays for Bexar County residents 🚌 Routes 9, 14 🎨 McNay Art Museum 🎟️ Free on Thursdays & the 1st Sunday of each month 🚌 Routes 8, 14, 509 VIA fare: $1.30 one way | $0.65 for reduced fare Explore local culture for less this summer! Plan your trip at VIAinfo.net/how-to-ride/ 📸 Photo credits: San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) McNay Art Museum Witte Museum
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Check out the July/August issue of @ArtsCultureTX to read a great article about our exhibition "Readymade Remix: New Approaches to Familiar Objects"! 👀 Or read it online here 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrxbbud5
The July/August 2025 issue is here! Our cover features Magenta Ernst by Francesca Fuchs. See more from her at @MenilCollection through November 2, 2025. Find a copy of this issue in all the usual places and online of course 🩷.
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Happy Earth Day! 🌺🐦🌎 Celebrate the beauty of nature today with a close look at Martin Johnson Heade’s “Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds.”
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Heade became fascinated with hummingbirds, which he depicted feeding from exotic flowers in misty settings. This work is unique among Heade’s fifty-some scenes in the series. It is not only one of the largest, but also the only one to feature three birds.
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___ Martin Johnson Heade, American, 1819–1904, “Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds”, circa 1875, Oil on canvas, h. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm.); w. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.), Purchased with funds provided by the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, 82.77
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
We ❤️ @SAMAart! Explore our world-class museums: bit.ly/3NB848X
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It's #MarchMadness ! 🏀 After a visit from the Charles Barkley blimp and Men's Final Four Trophy, Marcus is ready for the #MFinalFour ! 🏆
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