One of the most celebrated exhibitions of the year is waiting for you right on San Antonio’s River Walk. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s “Microhistories of the Andes” — named one of the must-see shows of spring 2026 by The New York Times — is on view through May 23, 2027, in the museum’s Golden Gallery.
Curated by Kristopher Driggers, SAMA’s Curator of Latin American Art, the exhibition brings together textiles, ceramic sculptures, paintings, metalwork, and feather arts from the Andean region. The objects span from the first millennium AD to the 20th century, traveling from ancient Peru and Colombia to more recent works from Bolivia and Ecuador — many of them shown at SAMA for the very first time, including recent gifts to the collection.
Located at 200 W. Jones Avenue on the Museum Reach of the River Walk, the show is included with regular museum admission, making it an easy and enriching addition to any San Antonio outing. The exhibition’s rich visual storytelling — from thousand-year-old ceramics to a 19th-century Bolivian Virgin with Christ Child — offers visitors a rare window into the artistry, devotion, and creativity of Andean cultures across the centuries.
With nearly a full year still to run, this is an evergreen jewel of San Antonio’s cultural calendar: a museum moment that connects the Alamo City to the high mountains of South America, right in the heart of downtown.
Photo: San Antonio Museum of Art
