FREE FIRST THURSDAY
Thursday, August 6, 2026
11 am – 7 pm
Enjoy FREE Museum admission and 2-for-1 All Day Happy Hour on the first Thursday of every month from 11 am to 7 pm during Free First Thursday.
NEW! Free public tours at Noon.
ALL-DAY MINI MUSE
11 am – 6:30 pm
Get creative with us during Mini Muse for our free drop-in art-making project offered from 11 am – 6:30 pm. This drop-in art-making event is open to every skill set and all ages. Grab your friends, family, or come alone and let your imagination run wild.
Materials are provided, and all are welcome.
Film Screenings
Join NSU Art Museum for a special screening of short films by artists Josh Aronson, Richard Moreno, Reginald O’Neal, and Roscoè B. Thické III in conjunction with the exhibition Close to Home. The screening expands the exhibition’s exploration of community, belonging, and the many ways we experience home, offering distinct perspectives on themes of family, friendship, cultural identity, memory, and shared histories.
VR IMMERSIVE ART – PIGMENT
HISTORY IMMERSION
11 am – 5 pm
Join us for an immersive, experimental VR lesson on Art Pigment History developed by Nova Southeastern University faculty and students from the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. This artistic, immersive VR experience will take you through an artist’s studio as you hunt for and learn about different pigments and how they came to be. This experience is expected to take 10 minutes. We will be serving walkups from 11 am – 5 pm on our Free First Thursday, August 6, 2026.
Mini Muse is sponsored by Funding Arts Broward
Major support for NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is provided by the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Endowment, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Foundation, Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Community Foundation of Broward, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, the Wege Foundation, Beaux Arts of Fort Lauderdale, The Hudson Family Foundation, Delia Moog, Charles and Laura Palmer, Dr. Barry and Judy Silverman, and Friends of NSU Art Museum. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
