American Gallery
Fables, Fairy Tales, and Fiction in American Art
May 7, 2024–November 3, 2024 American art is filled with stories. Some of these fables, fairy tales, and fictions exist only in paintings, drawings, and sculptures, but just as often, […]
Refresh the Eye: Brett Weston Photographs
An Alabama LGBTQ+ Collection: Gifts from Patrick Cather
Patrick Cather is a voracious collector. His gifts have extensively grown the BMA’s art and archival collections, shaping our holdings of Alabama art and artists. More recently, he has also […]
A Gift of Photographs from John Hagefstration
Climbing Mountains
Unexpected and nearly invisible histories sometimes unite objects in the Birmingham Museum of Art’s collections. For two American artists, painting and mountain climbing were connected pursuits. Georgia Engelhard and Elaine […]
Highlights Tour // CANCELLED
Join BMA Director Dr. Graham Boettcher for an intimate highlights tour: The Enduring Legacy of Bierstadt’s Looking Down Yosemite Valley California.