Following a two-decade run as the only American museum dedicated entirely to Himalayan art, the Rubin Museum, as we know it, will shutter for good tomorrow, October 6. The institution announced the decision to close in January, at which time it also detailed plans to shift to a decentralized “museum without walls” model. The Rubin will retain some of its collection—an assemblage of nearly 4,000 objects spanning fifteen centuries—and will focus on organizing traveling exhibitions, enriching its grant program, and developing educational resources. What remains will, in theory, carry forward the museum’s mission in a lighter, more nimble format. Its final exhibition, “Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now,” is on view now. If you can make it before the museum closes tomorrow, you’ll find paintings, sculptures, sound installations, videos and performance art by over thirty contemporary artists from the Himalayan region.

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