To better serve the Las Vegas community, the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum will adopt new hours of operation effective July 1, 2011.

UNLV Barrick Museum hours, as of July 1

• Monday: CLOSED
• Tuesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Wednesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Thursday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
• Friday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

The extended weekend and evening hours will give visitors more convenient access to the museum and improve its ability to offer events for families and working adults. "We look forward to being able to engage with a larger and more diverse cross-section of the community than ever before," said Dustin M. Wax, museum registrar.

The UNLV Barrick Museum boasts exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and a stunning collection of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican ceramics, Mexican dance masks, and Southwestern native crafts.

For information about the museum, upcoming events and exhibitions, and use of museum facilities by non-university groups, contact the Barrick Museum at (702) 895-3381, by email at barrick.museum@unlv.edu, or on the web at barrickmuseum.unlv.edu