During your visit to the 95,000-square-foot facility, explore the art museum’s permanent collection consisting of more than 9,000 works of art. In addition, the Mobile art museum hosts travelling and regional exhibitions each year. Also housed at the Mobile Museum of Art is a Museum Store including two galleries that feature the works of regional contemporary artists.
Mobile Museum of Art Permanent Collection
The Mobile Museum of Art boasts an outstanding assemblage of American, European, African and Asian paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and decorative art in its permanent collection that spans nearly 2,000 years of cultural history. Of particular importance is the collection of 19th century American landscapes, realist paintings from the WPA era, contemporary international studio glass, turned wood and ceramics. In the museum’s African and Asian Collection you will find works by African, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Turkish artists. The Altmayer American Gallery Collection features sculptures from the exhibition “The American Way” and paintings from the 19th century. The Katherine C. Cochrane Gallery of American Fine Art Collection is comprised of paintings, sculptures and furniture spanning from the 19th century through to contemporary art. Step into the Maisel European Gallery Collection to discover a range of European paintings, prints, sculpture and decorative arts. The art museum’s Riddick Glass Collection includes artworks of contemporary glass. Comprised of works from the 19th and 20th centuries in ceramics, glass, silver and wood, the Mobile Museum of Art’s Smith Crafts Collection began during the museum’s early years when many of its most notable acquisitions were made possible through proceeds from the Annual Outdoor Arts and Crafts Fair. More recently, it is primarily the gifts of generous collectors that have built upon this legacy and helped shape the Smith Crafts Collection.
Be sure to stop by the Museum Store including two new galleries that feature the works of regional contemporary artists. In the Museum Store an assortment of gifts, toys, accessories and household items for all ages are available to purchase, many of which have been handcrafted by regional artists such as Elizabeth Haskins, B’Beth Wheldon, Dr. Robert Bantens, Scott Bennett, Janice Kluge, Chris Gryder, and Carlos Montanaro.
Front & Center Gallery and Back Room Gallery
In the Museum Store’s Front & Center Gallery, you will find works by artists such as Clayton Colvin Anke Schofield and Spencer Herr. Works by glass artists, Rene Culler can be found on view in the Back Room Gallery.
Travel Tip
- Don’t miss the Mobile Museum of Art’s special exhibitions featured throughout the year.