Brooks Museum of Art
 
 
The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. The Museum is a privately funded nonprofit institution located in Overton Park in Midtown Memphis. The original Beaux-arts building, a registered U.S. National Landmark, was donated by Bessie Vance Brooks in memory of her husband, Samuel Hamilton Brooks. The Brooks’ facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, the acclaimed Brushmark Restaurant, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Memphis's 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. Paintings in the permanent collection include Italian Renaissance and Baroque, Impressionists, and 20th-Century artists.
   
  original brooks building
  The Original Beaux-Arts Building
   
 
  The Original Sketch of Brooks Museum Of Art
The original concept was for a comprehensive museum including science and astronomy in addition to fine arts.
   
  gallery
  An Exhibit From The 1970s.
   
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  Addition To The Brooks Museum Of Art 1970s
   
  Brooks Museum Of Art Today
   
  Brooks sign
  Main Sign On The Grounds, 2008

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  main building
  View Of The Brooks Side Entrance, 2008

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  Main Entrance, 2008

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  Statue In The Courtyard, 2008

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Submitted by: Vincent Astor   :   20 Jul 2011, 15:32
The photo shown is not the 1970s wing, it is the 1957 wing designed by Everett Woods. This wing was removed to build the current entrance in the early 1990s. I worked there at the time.
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