NUMU serves the larger Bay Area from the Monterey Bay Peninsula to San Francisco and the South Bay Area. NUMU offers interactive, rotating exhibitions combined with forward thinking programs and education programs for all ages. Contemporary art exhibitions featuring both group shows and individual artists provide a platform for diverse, creative perspectives. We display traditional media like painting and printmaking, as well as unexpected artforms from experimental photography to digital media to fabric sculptures. Our Los Gatos History Project is a platform to research, exhibit, and facilitate important conversations about systemic inequities in local history. We aim to educate our community about how inequities of the past persist today in Los Gatos and beyond. 2024 marked the 13th year of “ArtNow,” our annual high school juried exhibition that enriches the high school arts curriculum throughout Santa Clara County with a platform for young artists. ArtNow provides teen artists with professional development workshops, scholarships, and artistic exposure. The 2024 theme for ArtNow is “In Transition,” prompting high school students to reflect on this significant chapter in their lives–a stage of metamorphosis from childhood into adulthood. We host a variety of art educators in our Art Studio and Makerspace, where they teach art classes with pricing that maximizes artist compensation. Our Museum Explorer field trip program has served K-12 audiences for ten years, and accessible virtual and low- or no-cost in-person workshops and programs for all ages feature creative change makers, local artists, artist studios visits, and local history.