New Memphis Art Museum Will Be Free for County Residents when It Opens Dec. 6

This Photography Studio Captured the Beauty of Black Life in the South. Soon Its Archive, Once Hidden Away, Will Have a New Museum Home

The Hooks brothers documented life and joy in Memphis during the 20th century. Their images will be put on public view when the Memphis Art Museum opens

Once complete, Memphis Art Museum will be free for Shelby County residents

The Memphis Art Museum, alongside Mayor Paul Young, announced it will open its 123,000 square foot cultural campus to the public in December.

New Memphis Art Museum will be free for county residents when it opens Dec. 6

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The new Memphis Art Museum in downtown Memphis is set to open on Dec. 6, and Shelby County residents will always have free admission. The $180 million facility broke ground on the 122,000-square-foot site at Front Street and Union Avenue in June 2023, after the demolition of a fire station and parking [...]

Memphis Art Museum to offer free admission forever for Shelby County residents

Memphis Art Museum reveals opening date and inaugural exhibitions for new building

Entry to the institution’s new Herzog & de Meuron-designed mass timber home along the Mississippi River will be free to local residents in perpetuity

Memphis Art Museum Announces Opening Date for New Herzog & de Meuron–Designed Home

The American South will have a new and expanded museum to visit come December 6, when Tennessee’s Memphis Art Museum (formerly the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) reopens. The 123,500-square-foot cultural campus, designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architects Herzog & de Meuron, expands the institution’s gallery space by half and, per the museum, offers “six times more art-filled free public space.”  The new facility was initially tagged at $180 …