Birmingham Museum of Art - Birmingham, Alabama - Art Museums on Waymarking.com

The Birmingham Museum of Art is currently the largest municipal art museum in the Southern United States. The museum's collection encompasses more than 21,000 objects from all periods of artistic production and in all media. Particular strengths of the collection are in decorative arts (particularly German cast-iron and Wedgwood objects) and Asian art. The museum provides year-round educational activities for the public and hosts frequent touring and special exhibitions.

Significant individual collections at the Birmingham Museum of Art include:

The Asian Art Collection, over 3,000 works featuring the art of China, Japan, Korea, India and Tibet as well as works from Southeast Asia. Particular strengths include Buddhist art, Japanese prints, Qing dynasty Chinese paintings, and modern prints. Significant individual works include a 15th century temple mural from China, a Tang dynasty ceramic horse, screens by Matsumura Keibun, and a 15th century Kasuga mandala.

The Collection of Decorative Arts includes several distinct collections:

The Beeson Collection of Wedgwood includes over 1,600 objects as well as a rare book library with 1,200 documents.

The Eugenia Woodward Hitt collection has 800-plus French objects including furniture, bronzes, wall clocks and other pieces from the 18th century.

The Lamprecht Collection of German decorative cast iron is the largest of its kind in the world, including more than 1,000 individual pieces.

Smaller collections include English silver and ceramics, works in glass, 19th and 20th century furniture and decorative arts crafted in the South.

Photographs, Prints and Drawings is a large department with over 3,000 works.

The collection of old master prints and later works covers the 16th-21st centuries. The photographic holdings include significant artistic as well as historical and documentary works.

The nationally-recognized African art collection features sculpture from West and Central Africa, South African beadwork and pan-African textiles.

The Pre-Columbian collection includes a variety of figures, adornments and ritual implements.

The Native American collection includes historic and contemporary work from a variety of cultures with strengths in the Northwest and Plains indians.

The Textiles collection is displayed among several galleries and includes African, American, European and Asian textiles and costumes.
The Cargo collection of documented Alabama-made quilts is an important recent acquisition.

Sculptures in the Museum's collection number upwards of 200, including some ever-popular Frederic Remington bronzes as well as monumental contemporary works, including site-specific work by Sol LeWitt.

The collection of Paintings numbers over 800 and includes important works of the Italian Renaissance, Dutch Golden Age paintings, French and English portraiture, American paintings, and Contemporary works. The collection of 19th-century European masters is small, but has been bolstered by important recent additions and moved to new galleries in 2006.

The contemporary collection holdings include work by Berenice Abbott, Benny Andrews, Diane Arbus, Milton Avery, William Baziotes, Jose Bedia, Ruth Bernhard, Fernando Botero, Anthony Caro, Dale Chihuly, William Christenberry, Zach Coffin, Salvador Dalí, Edgar Degas, Moira Dryer, Walker Evans, Vernon Fisher, Robert Frank, Helen Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, Phillipe Halsman, Ann Hamilton, Elaine Hamilton, Grace Hartigan, Callum Innes, Cam Langley, Jonathan Lasker, David Levinthal, Jacques Lipchitz, Fabian Marcaccio, Marino Marini, Beatrice Milhazes, Louise Nevelson, Dennis Oppenheim, Gordon Parks, Beverly Pepper, Robert Rauchenberg, George Rickey, Larry Rivers, Auguste Rodin, John Scott, George Segal, Cindy Sherman, Leon Polk Smith, Jack Spencer, Melissa Springer, Frank Stella, Philip Taaffe, Juan Usle, Andy Warhol, William T. Wiley and Elyn Zimmerman.

Name: Birmingham Museum of Art Location: Birmingham Museum of Art 2000 8th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone Number: xptwo Web Site: [Web Link] Agency/Ownership: Public Hours of operation: Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 12pm-5pm Closed Mondays, New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Admission Fee: Admission is free except for special exhibits Gift Shop: yes Cafe/Restaurant: yes

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