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Mississippi Museum of Art

Coordinates: 32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / 32.29626°N 90.18569°W / 32.29626; -90.18569
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Mississippi Museum of Art
Museum and Art Garden in 2012
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Location380 South Lamar Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / 32.29626°N 90.18569°W / 32.29626; -90.18569
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.msmuseumart.org

The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.

Location

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It is located at the corner of 380 South Lamar Street and 201 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2][3]

History

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The Mississippi Art Association was founded in 1911.[2] By 1978, the Mississippi Museum of Art was founded, and it was located in the Arts Center of Mississippi until 2007.[1][2]

Permanent collection

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The museum is the largest museum in Mississippi.[2] Its permanent collection includes paintings by American, Mississippi and British painters as well as photographs, collage artworks and sculptures.[4]

American painters

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Photography, collage and sculpture

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Mississippi and Southern artists

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Lee Ellis, Free Tours, Museums and Sites in America: Southern States Series, Americana Group Publishing, 2003, pp. 108-109 [1]
  3. ^ Joseph M. Flora, Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, Todd W. Taylor, The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2002, p. 381 [2]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Works – William Beckwith – Artists – eMuseum". mma.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. ^ "Vanity" not dated, oil on canvas, Gift of the Lyle Cashion Company, 1963.005 [3]
  7. ^ "Vogue for Two" not dated, watercolor on paper, Mississippi Art Association purchase, 1967.001 [4]