Museum of Art in Mobile

Alabama’s third largest city, Mobile, is its cultural center, thanks to the Art Museum. In 2002, the first capital of French Louisiana allocated $ 15 million for the development of the museum, which allowed it to expand its area to 95,000 square feet. On almost thirty hectares there is the museum itself with art galleries and special exhibitions, part of the park and lake, art studios, a jewelry store and cozy cafes.

The exhibitions of the museum are permanent and seasonal. Among the permanent exhibitions, it is worth noting the Art Gallery of Africa and Asia, which collects works of Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, African and Thai artists and sculptors, and the Katharine C. Cochrane Gallery of American Fine Art, where you can see American paintings, sculptures and interior objects of the 19th-20th centuries.

You can also visit the exhibitions Altmayer (the collection contains sculptures from the exhibition “American Way” and paintings of the 19th century), Maisel (paintings, sculptures, engravings and examples of decorative and applied arts by European artists), the Riddick collection (modern works made of glass) and the Smith Crafts Collection, which collects ceramics, glass, silver and wood from the 19th-20th centuries.

From July to October 2013, the museum opened a special photo exhibition “Silent Cities of Peru”, by photographer Fernando la Rosa. The greatness of the monument cities of ancient Peruvian culture is represented by the master with all the expression of photo art.

In addition to exhibitions, the museum hosts festivals, seminars and lectures, screenings of films. You can choose from different events for all ages (tours, competitions, master classes) all the most interesting for you and your companions.