Art
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis, Tennessee
About
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tennessee is the oldest and largest art museum in the state, with a collection of approximately 10,000 works spanning 5,000 years. Founded in 1916, the museum is celebrated for its Italian and Northern European Old Masters, its American paintings, and its collection of works by artists associated with Memphis and the Mississippi Delta. The museum is housed in a 1916 Beaux-Arts building in Overton Park.
Highlights & Things Not to Miss
Old Masters Collection
Italian and Northern European paintings of exceptional quality
American Paintings
Works tracing American art from the colonial era to modernism
Beaux-Arts Building
A magnificent 1916 classical building in Memphis's Overton Park