Museums
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Founded in 1916, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is the oldest and largest fine arts museum in the state of Tennessee, housing one of the most outstanding collections of fine art dating from antiquity to the present. Collections include: Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculpture, principally gifts of the Kress Foundation, English portraits, European and American paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, and a significant collection of works on paper, including drawings, watercolors, prints and photographs. The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art also hosts world-class traveling exhibitions and several long-term, continuing loans. |
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