Programs and Events
The Museum offers a diverse range of fun and exciting public programs for all ages and interests. Museum programs interpret and bring to life the Museum’s vast collections and changing exhibitions.
Most programs at the Museum are FREE! We hope you will join us soon for a family activity, lecture, concert, film, or other art event!
For more information, call 205.254.2856.
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March 7 No tour
March 14 Southeast Asian Masterpieces: A New Way to See a Favorite Collection
by Nancy Lee Adamson
March 21 “Suspended:” Amy Pleasant’s Cloudscape
by Caroline Wingate
March 28 Fifty for Alabama: The Vogels Share Their Art
by Marlene Wallace
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Vogel, Kress, and Building the Museum's Permanent Collection
Thursday, March 25, 6pm
Reception: 6:45pm
Ron Platt, Hugh Kaul Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, and Jeannine O’Grody, Chief Curator and Curator of European Art, discuss philanthropy and its effect on the Museum’s permanent collection, as well as collecting strategies at the Museum. Platt will relate the remarkable story of New York couple Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who assembled an important collection of contemporary art on a postal clerk’s salary and then gave it all away. Their donation plan was patterned after the Kress Foundation’s distribution of European Old Master art to American museums, including Birmingham's, between 1929-1961. O’Grody will discuss the legacy of Samuel H. Kress and the Kress Foundation, as well as the focused development of the Museum’s permanent collection across all curatorial departments.
A special Member Exhibition Reception follows at 6:45pm with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a viewing of the Vogel and Kress Collections. |
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A FREE FAMILY FUN DAY with Bart the Art Bat
Saturday, March 27, 11am-3pm
FREE
Did you know that one of the biggest Hindu holidays, Holi, is celebrated in March? Go on an adventure through the Museum’s Southeast Asian and Indian galleries before celebrating with music, dance, art activities, and more! |
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