Catalina Island Museum will welcome members and visitors back on Friday, June 12 when it reopens with reduced capacity and augmented health and safety procedures.
The museum will operate at 25 percent of its total capacity with increased measures and guidelines in place including enhanced sanitizing and cleaning protocols, encouraging physical distancing, and the requirement to wear a mask throughout its Museum Store, galleries, and open-air outdoor plazas. It will also offer certain days when visits are by appointment only.
All of the museum’s current exhibits including Soot & Water: Gyotaku Records of Catalina, Elizabeth Turk: Tipping Point, and The History of Catalina Island will be available with controlled attendance to allow for physical distancing between visitors and groups. During each visit, guests will enter the galleries through one entrance, follow a guided path, and leave through a designated exit to prevent visitors from crossing paths
On June 20, the museum will open the highly anticipated special exhibition Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray. The exhibition features over 20 images, including six never-before-exhibited images and will be on view through September 2020. The exhibit provides an intimate look at Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most prolific and well-known female artist, through the photographic lens of her long-time friend and lover, Nickolas Muray.
Tickets are now available for advance purchase at catalinamuseum.org/visit. The museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and on Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment only. To make an appointment for Monday or Tuesday, please contact the museum at 310-510-4650 or email info@catalinamuseum.org.