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Birmingham Museum of Art

Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art

Birmingham Museum of Art is an art museum in Birmingham, United States.

About Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. The museum is also home to some Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to c. 1750.

The Birmingham Museum of Art is owned by the City of Birmingham and encompasses 3.9 acres (16,000 m2) in the city's cultural district. Erected in 1959, the present building was designed by architects Warren, Knight & Davis, and a major renovation and expansion by Edward Larrabee Barnes of New York was completed in 1993.

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Founded
1951

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Artworks shown from Birmingham Museum of Art are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.