Plan Your Visit
Admission to SITE SANTA FE is always free, no advance registration required!
Trained educators called SITE Guides are always onsite to make exhibitions accessible and engaging to a wide range of people.
SITE Guides are all trained in diverse tour-giving methodologies and are available to discuss artwork on display with visitors whenever the SITE SANTA FE is open.
Masks are optional for SITE SANTA FE staff and visitors.
Our Building
Our Building
SHoP Architects designed SITE SANTA FE’s elegant indoor spaces and iconic outdoor cladding.
Carl and Marilynn Thoma Lobby
Enter through The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Lobby to check in at the front desk, access galleries, and The Store at SITE SANTA FE.
The Store at SITE SANTA FE
The Store at SITE SANTA FE features an expertly curated selection of contemporary art books, artist-designed products, distinctive design objects, artist limited editions, and unique gifts. Purchases at curated directly support SITE SANTA FE’s exhibitions and programs.
Galleries
SITE SANTA FE’s spacious galleries present several exhibitions each year, with SITE Guides available at all times to illuminate the work on view.
Marlene Nathan Meyerson Auditorium
The Auditorium is a gathering place for dynamic events like lectures, parties, film screenings, workshops, and more with an open floor plan, flexible design, top of the line visual and audio equipment, small outdoor patio, nearby kitchen, and unique entrance.
Wallerstein Family Courtyard and Terrace
The Wallerstein Family Courtyard and Terrace is an outdoor space to enjoy blue skies and starry nights, as weather permits. Elevator accessible.
Ongoing Installation: Arturo Herrera, Split, 2023
Marleen De Bode & Marc Olivié Education Lab
Often the setting for meetings, conferences, A/V presentations, classroom activities, and/or workshops, the Education Lab is equipped with a projector and monitor, a flexible conference room table, and rotating installations by contemporary artists.
Accessibility
Accessible Entry
To attend exhibitions: the lobby/gallery entrance is located at 1606 Paseo de Peralta, a convenient location for visitor drop-off.
To attend events: SITE SANTA FE’s auditorium is located at the rear of the building and is accessed from the Railyard Surface Municipal Lot. A ramp is available for ease of access to the auditorium.
If you have questions about wheelchair accessibility or visitor drop off, please contact our Visitor Services Desk at 505.989.1199.
Wheelchair Access
SITE SANTA FE’s lobby entrance (access to exhibitions) and auditorium entrance (access to events) are both wheelchair accessible.
SITE SANTA FE’s galleries, store, courtyard, and Sky Terrace are all wheelchair accessible. An elevator located across from SITE SANTA FE’s auditorium, provides access to SITE SANTA FE’s Sky Terrace.
SITE SANTA FE’s public restrooms meet the ADA space standards for wheelchair access and are gender-expansive.
Seating and Resting Areas
SITE SANTA FE provides seating and rest areas – benches, chairs, and cushions – throughout the galleries, on the Sky Terrace, and in the lobby.
Digital Guide
Our digital guide provides additional text, audio, and video information on current exhibitions and artworks, and is available to use in over 40 languages.
The program is accessible through QR codes in the galleries as well as on the Bloomberg Connects app.
Sign Language Interpretation
If you would like to schedule a tour with an ASL Guide, please contact Matthew Contos, Director of Creativity & Learning at contos@sitesantafe.org.
Hearing Loop for Public Programs
SITE SANTA FE’s auditorium is equipped with state-of-the art audio technology and the Hearing Loop system. The Hearing Loop sends sound directly to the telecoil receiver in a user’s hearing device. The system eliminates most background noise and greatly improves reception of speech and music. SITE SANTA FE’s Hearing Loop system is made possible by Mary Costello.
Large Text
SITE SANTA FE’s wall labels are printed in large text format.
Service Animals
Certified Service Animals are permitted in all indoor and outdoor spaces at SITE SANTA FE. Certified Service Animals include only dogs (and miniature horses under 100 pounds) that are trained and certified to perform a task directly related to an individual’s disability, such as guiding people who are blind, pulling a wheelchair, or alerting someone of a seizure.
A Service Animal does not include pets, emotional support animals, comfort animals or therapy animals which do not perform a task related to an individual’s disability.
Parking
What kind of parking is available at SITE SANTA FE?
Paid parking is available in the City of Santa Fe-managed surface lots located behind SITE SANTA FE and Warehouse 21 next door. A machine in the parking lot will issue a parking pass for you and accommodates credit cards; signs indicate payment is required 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, and is free on Sundays.
Parking is also available at the Railyard Parking structure, located at the corner of Camino de la Familia and Manhattan Avenue across from the Violet Crown Theater.
Railyard Parking
- Meters: Monday through Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Railyard Garage: Monday through Sunday 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Warehouse 21 and SITE SANTA FE pay lots: Monday through Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
If you have questions about wheelchair accessibility or visitor drop off, please contact our Visitor Services Desk at 505.989.1199.
Parking Structure Access
- Guadalupe Street either direction, then west on Manhattan Avenue at the light
- Guadalupe Street either direction, then west on Montezuma toward Sanbusco Center, left on Market St. and right on Manhattan
- Paseo de Peralta east from St. Francis Drive, then left on Camino de la Familia
- Paseo de Peralta west from Guadalupe Street, then right on Camino de la Familia
Free Parking for SITE SANTA FE Members!
SITE SANTA FE can validate up to two hours of free parking in the City’s Railyard Municipal Garage at 503 Camino de la Familia for our Members! If you are a Member, simply bring your parking ticket from the garage to the museum and present it to front desk staff for validation.