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  • Helen Keller

    2nd floor hallway, adjacent to the American art galleriesApril 15-May 31 This exhibition, part of a statewide tour organized by the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, features a statue portraying the dramatic moment that Helen Keller was...

  • Helen Keller Statue and Exhibit Tour

      Birmingham Museum of Art Third Stop in State for Helen Keller Statue and Exhibit Tour Tour Raises Awareness of Alabama Native Keller’s Legacy to Save Sight, Speech and Hearing (BIRMINGHAM, AL)– The Birmingham Museum of Art will host a new exhibi...

  • Access Granted: Insider Info for Members Only

    Vogel, Kress, and Building the Museum's Permanent Collection Thursday, March 25, 6pmReception: 6:45pmRon Platt, Hugh Kaul Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, and Jeannine O’Grody, Chief Curator and Curator of European Art, discuss philanthropy and ...

  • Art & Conversation

    Picturing the Frame Jeannine O' Grody, PhD, Chief Curator and Curator of European ArtThursday, March 4, 10:30am$10 Members; $15 Nonmembers You will never again look at a painting without taking note of its frame after O’Grody leads a tour of the fabulo...

  • BMA Speaks

    Hosted by Sharrif SimmonsFriday, February 5, 7-9pmFREECash bar opens at 6:30pm HBO Def-Poetry Jam artist Sharrif Simmons is back to host a night of powerful spoken word performances by our talented local spoken word artists. To submit your poetry for sele...

  • Art & Conversation

    If Antiques Could Talk Nan Skier, CollectorThursday, February 4, 10:30am$10 Members; $15 NonmembersJust in time for Valentine’s Day, Nan Skier shows her collection of lover’s eye jewelry. This intriguing art form originated with the Prince of Wales i...

  • Art & Conversation

    Meet the Buten Collection Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, PhD, The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts Thursday, January 14, 10:30am$10 Members; $15 Non-membersThe acquisition of the more than 8,000 pieces in the Buten We...

  • ArtBreak

    Portrait of the Colonized as a Femme Fatale: The Muhammadan Salomé in George Merle’s L’Envoûteuse (1883) Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UABTuesday, January 12, NoonFREEDr. Zay...

  • A Closer Look: African-American Art from the Permanent Collection

    Emily Hanna, PhD, Curator of the Art of Africa and the AmericasSunday, January 3, 2pm, FREEDon't miss this final chance to tour Lift Every Voice, the first installation in the newly designated African-American Art gallery. Curator Emily Hanna will guide y...

  • A Closer Look: Deck the Halls: Images of Christmas

    Sunday, December 20, 2pmFREE.  Led by Nancy Crook, docent.  Tour meets in the Lobby....

  • Walead Beshty: the Annual Morton Photography Lecture

    Thursday, December 17, 6pmSteiner Auditorium FREE.  A rising star of contemporary art, Walead Beshty will present the Museum's Second Annual John Morton Lecture in Photography.  Beshty's work takes many forms, but central to his practice is examining p...

  • Artbreak - December

    You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American IdentityTuesday, December 8, Noon Chris Metress, PhD, Director, University Fellows Program, Samford University FREE. In this 30-minute gallery talk, Metress discusses what Rip Va...

  • Members-Only Annual Shopping Spree and Open House

    Monday, December 7, 200911am-7pmFREE to Members Click here to join or renew!Join us for an exclusive Members-only shopping day, open house, and private viewing of the exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale Univ...

  • Robert Edsel, author of The Monuments Men and Rescuing Da Vinci, to speak at the BMA

    Thursday, December 3, NoonSteiner Auditoriumco-sponsored by The Alabama Booksmith  Robert M. Edsel’s fascination with the Monuments Men began while he was living in Florence, Italy, in the late 1990s. Standing on the Ponte Vecchio, he wondered how so...

  • Annual Rushton Concert

    Tuesday, December 1, 7:30pm Yakov Kasman, internationally renowned concert pianist Beginning at 6pm, curators will give guided tours of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (ticket purchase required) and Lift Every Voice: African-American Art fro...

  • Wedgwood: A Living Tradition - The Annual Chenoweth Lecture

    Thursday, November 19, 6pmSteiner AuditoriumFREE.  Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, PhD, the Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts, will deliver a lecture on the Museum's Wedgwood Collection, the finest outside of England. ...

  • Making It Big: Vulcan in the Context of Colossal Sculpture

    Sunday, November 15, 2009 **at Vulcan ParkGraham C. Boettcher, Ph.D., The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art *The lecture is free.  Admission required for Vulcan Park Museum and tower (free for Vulcan Park Museum members, $6.00 adults). As the...

  • Burning Daylight: Frederic Remington, Electricity, and Flash Photography

    Friday, November 13, 6 pmSteiner AuditoriumAlexander Nemerov, PhD, Chair, History of Art Department, Yale UniversityFREE. Between 1906 and 1909, in the last few years of his life, Frederic Remington painted some of his greatest pictures—a series of nigh...

  • College Night: Rockin' in the U.S.A.

    Thursday, November 12, 6-9pm$6 for college students and faculty with ID (includes admission to the exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)Go old school! Whether you choose to play “Born in the USA” on the big-screen version of “Rock ...

  • Buy Wedgwood, Benefit the Museum

    Loking for the perfect holiday gft?  From November 3 through December 14, Bromberg's Fine Jewelers will generously contribute a percentage of all Wedgwood sales to the Museum.  This includes purchases of the limited edition, Wedgwood 250th anniversary p...