Mississippi Museum of Art

Mississippi Museum of Art

Museum and Art Garden in 2012
Location 380 South Lamar Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / 32.29626°N 90.18569°W / 32.29626; -90.18569Coordinates: 32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / 32.29626°N 90.18569°W / 32.29626; -90.18569
Type Art museum
Website msmuseumart.org

The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.

Location

It is located at the corner of 380 South Lamar Street and 201 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2][3]

History

The Mississippi Art Association was founded in 1911.[2] By 1978, the Mississippi Museum of Art was founded, and it was located in the Arts Center of Mississippi until 2007.[1][2]

Permanent collection

The museum is the largest museum in Mississippi.[2] Its permanent collection includes paintings by American, Mississippi and British painters as well as photographs, collage artworks and sculptures.[4]

American painters

Photography, collage and sculpture

Mississippi and Southern artists

References

  1. 1 2 Official website: History
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lee Ellis, Free Tours, Museums and Sites in America: Southern States Series, Americana Group Publishing, 2003, pp. 108-109
  3. Joseph M. Flora, Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, Todd W. Taylor, The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2002, p. 381
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Official website: Permanent collection
  5. http://www.msmuseumart.org/index.php/collection
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