Tours

MOIFA Tours

Walk-in Tours - Back On-Site!

Our docents open up the world of folk art and the history of the museum to you. Docent walk-in tours are back onsite, but are limited. Tours are offered at 10:30am on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, as well as on occasional Sundays at 11:30am. Please confirm ahead the day's tours by calling the museum front desk at 505-476-1204.

Docent tours with ASL interpretation are available by request. Please confirm ASL interpretation needs with at least 4 business days advance notice to Patricia Sigala at patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov.

Reserved Group Tours

Are you a group of ten or more? To schedule a docent-led tour for your group, please fill out the Tour Request Form at least one month prior to the date of your visit. Please be aware our group tours are very limited at this time, and not available most weekends. Guided tours cannot be guaranteed ahead. Please plan to confirm guided requests 3 weeks prior to your visit. Our GROUP RATE IS $8.00 PER ADULT with a minimum of TEN OR MORE PEOPLE. Tour guides and bus drivers pay admission. GUIDED Tours for large groups over 40 people are not available at this time. Groups over 40 people may self-guide, please schedule ahead for to receive the group rate for your self-guided group.

Live Virtual Tours

Virtual tours are available on a limited basis. Please check back for our next date.

Celebrate 70 "Folk Art Focus on Five"

Celebrate 70 years of the Museum of International Folk Art! It's our birthday and we invite you to join us virtually. Want to know more about MOIFA's Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here's an opportunity to tour or re-tour — virtually — this massive folk art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel with fantastic MOIFA docents. The five "stop" tour lasts about 45 minutes. Please note tour runs on Mountain Time!

Alexander Girard's Nativities

Celebrate the Holiday Season with us. On this holiday virtual tour, you will be treated to folk art Nativity sets from many countries of the world, including Italy, Peru, Poland, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Greece and France, collected by Alexander and Susan Girard. During this festive season, celebrate Girard's love for Nativities that enthralled him as a child and that he grew to collect. MOIFA has over 200 sets from his folk art Nativity collection. The tour includes historical background, fun facts about Girard's original Nativity installations, and a few surprises. Register below for the live Zoom date of your choice; all tours are on Mountain Time.