MAY 10, 2025 - AUG 24, 2025
Aqueous: Painted in Water
This exhibition, featuring watercolor artwork from the Woodson’s collection, celebrates the delicate beauty and expressive depth of this captivating medium.
North Central Wisconsin’s
Visual Arts Beacon
Experience the ever-changing landscape of art exhibitions at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. We offer distinctive opportunities for people of all ages to delve into thought-provoking works that inspire and engage.
Coming Soon
JUN 07, 2025 - AUG 24, 2025
Sacred Nature
Sacred Nature, the thought-provoking exhibition by wildlife photographers and conservationists Jonathan and Angela Scott, explores the profound connection between humans and the natural world, highlighting the urgent need for environmental preservation through stunning imagery and compelling storytelling.
JUN 07, 2025 - AUG 24, 2025
Double Exposure: Community Portaits
Experience the full range of the photographic process in this immersive exhibition featuring Hmong American artist Pao Houa Her. Her’s portraits capture the diverse expressions of community, identity, and diaspora. Visitors will have opportunities to interact with portrait photography as the exhibition evolves in the galleries over the course of a few months.
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From toddlers to retirees—and every stage of life in between—the Woodson offers an enriching experience for all visitors.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
The Woodson Art Museum prides itself in its efforts to reach and serve all community members as well as visitors from throughout Wausau, Wisconsin, and beyond. The range of programs and exhibitions offered is intended to meet the broadest needs and interests while exceeding expectations and surprising and delighting visitors as often as possible. Families, children, and adults, as well as those with memory loss, special needs, and visual impairments, represent segments regularly served by the Museum.
Seek out our upcoming exhibitions and uncover how art can transform perspectives and enhance lives. Each new exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum builds upon our mission to enhance lives through art. From wildlife conservation themes to cultural storytelling, our exhibitions present new opportunities to learn, reflect, and engage with creativity. Our upcoming works blend tradition with innovation, connecting visitors with diverse narratives through artistic education.
The Woodson Art Museum prides itself in its efforts to reach and serve all community members as well as visitors from throughout Wausau, Wisconsin and beyond. The range of programs and exhibitions offered is intended to meet the broadest needs and interests while exceeding expectations and surprising and delighting visitors as often as possible. Families, children, and adults, as well as those with memory loss, special needs, and visual impairments, represent segments regularly served by the Museum.
Seek out our upcoming exhibitions in Wausau and uncover how art can transform perspectives and enhance lives. Each new exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum builds upon our mission to enhance lives through art. From wildlife conservation themes to cultural storytelling, our exhibitions present new opportunities to learn, reflect, and engage with creativity. Our upcoming works blend tradition with innovation, connecting visitors with diverse narratives through artistic education.
To ensure the Museum’s all-ages, user-friendly programs and overarching commitment to accessibility, the Woodson is committed to Always Free Admission.
The production, presentation, and exhibition of cultural disciplines – specifically the visual arts – are at the heart of the Woodson Art Museum’s mission “to enhance lives through art.” Museum curatorial staff select changing exhibitions for their ability to achieve one or more of these goals: appeal to different aesthetic sensibilities, express divergent points of view, explore the art of diverse cultures, provide opportunities for community engagement, and demonstrate an array of art-making techniques.
The Woodson Art Museum presents a diverse schedule of historic and contemporary exhibitions each year, with Birds in Art being an annual mainstay. The Museum also develops dynamic programs to complement each exhibition, most notably, artists in residence. Varied subject matter and art mediums provide endless opportunities for education programs and special events to enhance the lives of all visitors through art.
Located on Wausau’s east side, the Woodson is the only full-service art museum and sculpture garden serving a vast 15-county geographical area. While other regional organizations offer exhibitions and arts-related programs, no area or community organization equals the depth or quality of visual arts experiences provided by the Woodson Art Museum. The traveling exhibitions presented by the Woodson, as well as exhibitions drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, are without parallel in north central Wisconsin.
