Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
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The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections. For seventy years, the museum has been a showcase for the visual arts in central Alabama. Permanent collection includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts. Also home to ARTWORKS, a participatory art gallery and studio for children.

The current building was designed by the Montgomery architectural firm of Barganier, Davis, and Sims and opened in 1988. An addition was completed in 1993.

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1930 with the mission "to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret art of the highest quality for the enrichment, enlightenment, and enjoyment of its public." The museum is the oldest fine arts museum in Alabama and was the first museum in Alabama to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in June 1978. The museum moved to its current home, a state-of-the-art facility in the Blount Cultural Park, in 1988. As one of the leading cultural institutions in the region, the museum has enjoyed substantial public support, annually growing attendance, and increasing public demand for its programs and educational resources.

The museum's permanent collection consists of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that represent the work of artists of national as well as regional reputation, and from all ethnic backgrounds. The core of the American collection is the Blount Collection of American Art, a group of forty-one paintings that includes works by American masters John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, and Winslow Homer.

The MMFA has a collection of Old Master prints, including works by Rembrandt, Dürer, and Whistler. The museum hosts a broad range of temporary exhibitions to enhance its offerings with art from international and American collections as well as works by contemporary artists.

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