McCarthy joins the Zimmerli on January 6, 2025. He will serve on the museum’s senior leadership team and participate in shaping its mission and vision, as well as oversee the museum’s curatorial department and assume responsibility for its scholarly and artistic program while managing the development of the permanent collection and exhibitions.
The Zimmerli has been awarded the first installment of a three-year General Program Support grant from the NJSCA. These funds are vital to advancing the museum’s mission by supporting exhibitions and public programming that reach a broad spectrum of audiences, creating an accessible space that is welcoming to all.
This is the museum’s and university's first grant from the Nissan Foundation, which will help fund a series of free, public programs for all ages in conjunction with the groundbreaking exhibition Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, on view at the Zimmerli from Feb. 1 through Dec. 21, 2025.
The Zimmerli joins hundreds of cultural institutions around the globe on Bloomberg Connects, which offers unique content to enrich visitor engagement. The app invites the public to easily access the Zimmerli's content when planning a trip to the museum, while in the galleries or delving deeper after a visit. Easy links to visitor information, upcoming events, the gallery map, social media accounts, and membership options—as well as multilingual capabilities with the integration of Google Translate—enhance the visitor experience. (9/9/24)
KultureCity®, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting inclusivity and accessibility for individuals with sensory needs, has renewed its partnership with the Zimmerli, which makes the museum and all of the programs and events that the organization hosts sensory inclusive. A sensory bag, equipped with noise canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards, and weighted lap pad is also available to all visitors who may feel overwhelmed by the environment. (7/16/24)
Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always is an unprecedented survey of contemporary Native American art curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), marking the largest curatorial endeavor in the acclaimed artist’s 40-year career and emphasizing her pivotal role in bringing forth a living Native Art history. Comprising over 100 works across a range of media, this exhibition foregrounds the significance of identity in artmaking through the diverse practices of 97 artists, representing more than 50 distinct Indigenous nations and tribes across the United States.