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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Tennessee

Tennessee - Museums and Art Galleries in Tennessee, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE & WEBSITE SUMMARY
Art Museum of the University of Memphis 3750 Norriswood Ave, Memphis, TN 38152 Telephone: 901-678-2224
http://www.memphis.edu/
Contemporary art, Egyptian antiquities and West African artifacts
Austin Peay State University Art Galleries 601 College St. Clarksville, TN 37044 Telephone: 931-221-7333
http://www.apsu.edu/
The department is fortunate to have 4 gallery / exhbition spaces: Trahern Gallery, Mabel Larson Gallery, Terminal, Gallery 108
Belmont University Galleries 1900 Belmont Boulevard | Nashville, TN 37212 Telephone: 615-460-6000
http://www.belmont.edu/
Leu Art Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library and Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art 119 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Telephone: 901-523-2787
http://www.belzmuseum.org/
Originally the private collection of local entrepreneur, Jack A. Belz, and his wife, Marilyn, most pieces on display were donated by them to the foundation that runs the museum. The Belz Museum has 5 permanent exhibit galleries: 3 Asian, 1 Judaic, and the Holocaust Memorial Gallery. Special exhibits are brought in semi-annually.
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art 1200 Forrest Park Dr, Nashville, TN 37205 Telephone: 615-356-8000
https://cheekwood.org/
Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Holdings include American art, American and British decorative arts, and contemporary art, including outdoor sculpture.
Dixon Gallery and Gardens 4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38117 Telephone: 901-761-5250
http://www.dixon.org/
The Dixon's permanent collection started as a gift of twenty-six paintings from our founders, Margaret and Hugo Dixon. Through generous gifts, bequests, and museum purchases, the Dixon’s collection has grown to over 2,000 fine art and decorative arts objects. Collections include French and American impressionism and 18th-century German porcelain.
Downtown Gallery 106 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 Telephone: 865-673-0802
http://downtown.utk.edu/
Part of the University of Tennessee.
Emporium Center Galleries 100 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902 Telephone: 865-523-7543
http://www.knoxalliance.com/
Operated by the Arts & Cultural Alliance. The Arts & Culture Alliance, in cooperation with the local arts community, proudly presents Penny4Arts, a program developed in 2010 to meet the local arts community’s long-term goal of serving and educating East Tennessee’s children.
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996 Telephone: 865-974-3200
http://utk.edu/
Part of University of Tennessee.
Fisk University Galleries 1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208 Telephone: 615-329-8720
https://www.fisk.edu/
The Fisk University Galleries maintain a permanent collection of over 4,000 objects that span three centuries of art history. Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Henry O. Tanner, Elizabeth Catlett, Diego Rivera, Aaron Douglas, Winold Reiss, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz are just a few of the acclaimed artists represented in the permanent collection
Frist Center for the Visual Arts 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 Telephone: 615-244-3340
http://fristcenter.org/
Unlike any traditional museum you’ve ever visited, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts has become a magnet for Nashville’s rapidly expanding visual arts scene. With an exhibitions schedule that has new art flowing through the magnificent art deco building every 6 to 8 weeks, no matter how often you visit, there is always something new and exciting to see in the spacious galleries.
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts 201 High St, Chattanooga, TN 37403 Telephone: 423-267-7176
www.thehoustonmuseum.org
The Anna Safley Houston Museum of Decorative Arts is an integral part of the Bluff View art district in downtown Chattanooga. The museum is a quick stroll from the Hunter Museum of American Art, the River Gallery Sculpture Garden, fine and casual dining, and the Walnut Street walking bridge that crosses the Tennessee River.
Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403 Telephone: 423-267-0968
www.huntermuseum.org
American art including Hudson River School, 19th-century-genre painting, American Impressionism, the Ashcan School, early modernism, regionalism, and post World War II modern and contemporary art
Knoxville Museum of Art 1050 Worlds Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916 Telephone: 865-525-6101
http://www.knoxart.org/
The Knoxville Museum of Art celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, educates and serves a diverse community, enhances Knoxville’s quality of life and economic development, and operates ethically, responsibly, and transparently as a public trust.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38104 Telephone: 901-544-6200
www.brooksmuseum.org
Collections include Italian Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and 20th-century artists, English portraiture, contemporary paintings, 19th- and 20th-century sculpture and decorative arts
Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203 Telephone: 615-862-8431
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1897 full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, now an art museum with American art and changing exhibits.
Scarritt-Bennett Center Laskey Gallery 1008 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212 Telephone: 615-340-7500
www.scarrittbennett.org
Public exhibitions about racial equality, women’s empowerment, intercultural understanding, and spiritual formation
Todd Gallery 1301 E Main St, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Telephone: 615-898-5532
http://www.mtsu.edu/
Part of Middle Tennessee State University. Located on the third floor of Todd Hall are the graphic design, book arts, printmaking studios and their faculty offices, four state-of-the-art computer labs, and drawing/illustration and 2-D design rooms.
University of the South Art Gallery 735 University Avenue Sewanee, TN 37383 Telephone: 931-598-1000
gallery.sewanee.edu
Students receive a broad, chronological overview of Western art history and later choose an area of special interest: Ancient/Medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, or Modern/American.
Vanderbilt University Galleries Cohen Memorial Hall 1220 21st Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Telephone: 615-322-0605
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/
The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery presents a series of exhibitions each year that demonstrate the broad scope of Eastern and Western art, from antiquity through old master traditions, and continuing through modern and contemporary art practices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
West Tennessee Regional Art Center 1200 E Main St, Humboldt, TN 38343 Telephone: 731-784-1787
http://www.wtrac.tn.org/
The Center’s collection was donated by Dr. Benjamin and Gertrude Caldwell for the purpose of cultural education for people of all ages throughout West Tennessee. Oil paintings, sculpture, watercolor paintings, drawings, prints and lithographs, pastels, and silk-screens comprise the Caldwell Collection.