Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Overton Park complex
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The facility consists of 29 galleries, art classrooms, a print study room with over 4,500 works of art on paper, a research library with over 5,000 volumes, and an auditorium. The collection has over ten thousand works of art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and examples of the decorative arts. Of particular note are the [[Samuel Henry Kress|Samuel H. Kress Collection]] of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, the Hugo N. Dixon Collection of Impressionist paintings, the Levy Collection of American prints, the Goodman Book Collection, and the Goodheart Collection of Carl Gutherz paintings, drawings, and archival material. The Brooks facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, Cafe Brooks by City + State, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Overton Park. |
The facility consists of 29 galleries, art classrooms, a print study room with over 4,500 works of art on paper, a research library with over 5,000 volumes, and an auditorium. The collection has over ten thousand works of art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and examples of the decorative arts. Of particular note are the [[Samuel Henry Kress|Samuel H. Kress Collection]] of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, the Hugo N. Dixon Collection of Impressionist paintings, the Levy Collection of American prints, the Goodman Book Collection, and the Goodheart Collection of Carl Gutherz paintings, drawings, and archival material. The Brooks facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, Cafe Brooks by City + State, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Overton Park. |
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In December 1960, following continued pressure from local sit in activists, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art would desegegrate.Memphis Brooks Museum of Art |
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===Downtown museum=== |
===Downtown museum=== |
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