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BMA at Birmingham City Schools’ Parent Camp

On March 26, 2015, the BMA participated in Birmingham City Schools’ 13th annual spring conference, Parent Camp 2015. This year’s theme, “Learning with Wonder,” gave parents hands-on ways to be […]

Create Birmingham Profiles BMA Creative Director

Our friends at Create Birmingham recently featured the Museum’s Creative Director, James Williams, in their weekly e-newsletter. Check out the excerpted interview below to learn about James’ take on Birmingham’s […]

Walrus Room

Walrus Room. Frank Fleming, 1980. Ceramic. Lent by Lorine Cantrell, T.2014.437.   What’s your story? The art of Frank Fleming has been described as whimsical and intriguing. His fantastical sculptures […]

Pig Lounging on Chaise

Pig Lounging on a Chaise. Frank Fleming, 1983. Ceramic. Lent by James Odom, T.2014.436.   What’s your story? The art of Frank Fleming has been described as whimsical and intriguing. […]

Chinese Ambassador Visits BMA

On Thursday, January 22, His Excellency Ambassador Cui Tiankai of the People’s Republic of China visited the Museum.  After lunch at Oscar’s with various dignitaries, Ambassador Cui enjoyed a tour […]

Volunteer for Small Treasures!

Interested in art? Excited for our upcoming exhibition Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and Their Contemporaries? We would love your help as a volunteer! Volunteering provides personal enrichment, offers increased […]

Past, Present, and Future with Our Parks

For more than twenty years, our Artist-in-Residence Toby H. Richards has worked closely with our community partners to bring art to local parks. Carrying out the Museum’s mission of taking art beyond […]

Summer Art Camp Registration: Now Open!

As we welcome a new year, we can’t help but think about our summer plans! We are excited to announce that registration for our Summer Art Camp is now open. […]

Support the Museum on Giving Tuesday

DONATE NOW Now that we have given thanks and begun our holiday shopping with some good deals, it is time to give back.  Giving Tuesday is a global day dedicated […]

Gandhi Jayanti 2014

Each year, the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Indian Cultural Society co-sponsor a contest that celebrates the connection between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two of the […]

Be a Part of the Big Picture

Donate Now Walking down the long hallway toward the American Gallery, you see Albert Bierstadt’s Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California. At just over five feet tall and eight feet wide, the grand dimensions […]