Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

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The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is a major art museum in Memphis, Tennessee, known for its diverse collection spanning Renaissance to contemporary works and for being one of the oldest art museums in the American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
museum
architect James Gamble Rogers
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
cityServed Memphis metropolitan area
collectionFocus 19th-century art
Baroque art
Renaissance art
contemporary art
modern art
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
founded 1916
foundedBy Bessie Vance Brooks
governingBody Memphis, Tennessee, United States
surface form: City of Memphis
hasAccreditation American Alliance of Museums
hasCollectionSize over 10,000 works
hasCollectionType decorative arts
paintings
photography
sculpture
works on paper
hasExpansion 1955 wing
1973 wing
1989 expansion
hasFacility auditorium
café
education spaces
galleries
museum shop
hasProgram family programs
film screenings
lectures and talks
school outreach programs
hasWebsite https://www.brooksmuseum.org/
knownFor art collection spanning Renaissance to contemporary works
being one of the oldest art museums in the American South
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: American South

Memphis, Tennessee, United States
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Tennessee
locatedInPark Overton Park
namedAfter Samuel Hamilton Brooks
offers educational programs
public events
temporary exhibitions
operatedBy non-profit organization
regionServed Mid-South

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