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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN

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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Tennessee's oldest and largest art museum, a privately funded nonprofit in Memphis's Overton Park.

1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104 · Memphis, TN

About Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The Brooks is a nonprofit art museum in Overton Park in Midtown Memphis. Founded in 1916, it is the oldest and largest art museum in Tennessee. Its galleries hold a permanent collection alongside rotating traveling and in-house exhibitions. Visitors can also take guided or self-guided school tours, family programs, adult art classes, and community days, and a café sits inside the building. The homepage notes the museum is preparing to move downtown, and it remains open in Overton Park until then.

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