Miami · 501(c)(3)
A Museum for Artists with Disabilities
A fundamentally new kind of museum — anchored in Miami, distributed across the country.
with a disability
to their art
The museum
The museum is already operating. Its walls just aren't centralized yet.
Open Universe is Miami's first museum dedicated to artists with disabilities — and a fundamentally new kind of museum.
Rather than housing a static collection in a single building, it operates through a physical hub anchored in Miami and a nationwide network of partner locations where rotating exhibitions live in the world.
Artists the art world has left out.
Artists with disabilities remain systematically excluded from mainstream cultural institutions. Their work is rarely exhibited at scale, rarely collected, and rarely generates sustainable income.
A city growing without cultural anchors.
Miami's rapid growth has fragmented community connection — people move through the city without shared cultural experiences or cultural anchors.
A distributed museum
A permanent home for the collection, the team, and the institution — establishing Open Universe as a fixture in Miami's arts landscape.
Partner institutions nationwide host rotating, museum-quality exhibitions — transforming everyday environments into genuine sites of cultural connection, wherever they are.
This is not a gallery. Not a pop-up. A system.
Most museums collect, store, and occasionally show.
Open Universe collects, distributes, rotates, and reinvests.
What changes
the national network
6,000
nationwide
across the US
circulation
The engine behind the museum
Open Invitational
A national platform connecting progressive studios, artists, and institutions — feeding the museum's collection and expansion.
Learn More"The only fair of its kind — connecting a national network of studios to the institutions and collectors who have never had access to this work."
Build the Museum. Be part of what's never existed.
Open Universe. Your space. All One Museum.