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While the Museum strives to enhance the size and quality of our collection, another equally important task is caring for more than 20,000 art objects we already own. Read along to learn the many ways we conserve and protect our priceless works of art.

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What is a Rotation?

The BMA staff recently completed the first of three rotations for its current exhibition, Third Space /shifting conversations about contemporary art. In addition to the 50 pieces that will remain on view for the entirety of the exhibition’s two-year run,…

Caring for Art / Collections / Giving News + Support

Collecting and Preserving Alabama’s Artistic Heritage

Clara Weaver Parrish, American; Selma, Alabama, 1861–1925, Study for “The Resurrection,” about 1902, watercolor on paper with original matting; Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase in memory of Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr. with funds provided by the Pointer Family Fund through the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham AFI.152.2016

While the BMA collects art from all over the globe, it takes just as seriously the goal of collecting important work by the most significant artists born or active in the state of Alabama. Well represented within the Museum’s collection…

Caring for Art

European Art Conservation

The European Art Department has been steadily working on the conservation of European paintings. The European Art Society and a number of generous patrons have funded multiple projects already and the first freshly conserved paintings have recently returned or will soon…

Caring for Art / Collections

Popular Sculpture to be Conserved

After years of guarding the 8th Avenue entrance to the Museum, the monumental sculpture “Steelworker” will be removed for conservation work on May 10. The statue, created by artist Luis Jiménez Jr., is made primarily of fiberglass, which requires unique…

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Art Matters: What’s In A Color?

For thirty years, Exhibition Designer Terry Beckham has been establishing the look and feel of the Museum’s galleries through one important, though often overlooked, quality: the paint color on our walls. While at first glance the paint off the canvas…

Caring for Art / Collections / Slideshows

Art Matters: New Gallery, New Ideas

Numerous technological changes have occurred since the 1990s, and the world of art conservation is no different! Over the years, art conservationists have kept up with innovative products and solutions, constantly adapting to keep collections safe and looking their best….

Caring for Art / Slideshows

Art Matters: A Changing “Target”

Since its arrival on the grounds of the Museum, John Scott’s Target has enlivened the environment with its bright colors and fanciful shapes. In its position by the auditorium entrance, it naturally attracts viewers; however, the sculpture has faded over…

Caring for Art

From Paper Trails to Digital Delivery

by Suzanne Voce Stephens, Collections Database Administrator In the “old days” of Museum Registration, we used to type colorcoded cards to cross-reference our collection records—white cards for object records, pink for donors, green for loans, yellow for media. We started moving away from that in…

Caring for Art

Following Our Paper Trail: Caring for the Museum’s Works on Paper Collection

In 1957, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wells bequeathed to a young Birmingham Museum of Art an important collection of 53 works on paper. From American masters such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler and John Taylor Arms to Old Masters such…

Caring for Art

Protecting Our Material Assets

Some of the most fragile objects in the Museum collection are made of fabric. Our textiles range from delicate silk brocades to hardy raffia piles, collected from all over the world, and ranging in date from 1100 AD to today….

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