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Birmingham Museum of Art

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 2000 8 Avenue North Birmingham AL 35203-2278
  • Telephone Number: +1-205-254-2566
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Birmingham Museum of Art in American , African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American . Among other highlights, the Museum’s collection of Asian art is considered the finest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, and its Vietnamese ceramics one of the finest in the US The Museum also is home to a remarkable Kress collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to c.1750, and the 18th-century European decorative arts include superior examples of English ceramics and French furniture.The Birmingham Museum of Art is owned by the City of Birmingham and encompasses |3.9|acrem2 in the heart of the city’s cultural district. Erected in 1959, the present building was designed by architects Warren, Knight and Davis, and a major renovation and expansion by Edward Larrabee Barnes of New York was completed in 1993. The facility encompasses 180000 sqft|m2, including an outdoor sculpture garden.