UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art | Costa Mesa

We are excited to announce that UC Irvine has officially completed its acquisition of the Orange County Museum of Art, forming a unified institution now known as the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art. This exciting new chapter celebrates the legacy of curatorial excellence and educational leadership at both institutions while advancing a vision for public access, creative scholarship, and cultural impact across Orange County and beyond. The museum will continue to operate, hosting exhibitions and public programming in two locations, Costa Mesa and Irvine! Since its founding, the museum has been a leader in presenting and preserving the art of our time. When thirteen visionary women came together in 1962 to open the museum—then called the Fine Arts Patrons Pavilion Gallery—they shared a powerful conviction that Orange County needed a venue where important art could be enjoyed. From the seed of this idea, a small art gallery became the Newport Harbor Art Museum in 1968, the Orange County Museum of Art in 1997, and in 2025 the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art.