“This will be a world-class new home for Memphis’ art museum, right in the heart of downtown.”
Zoe Kahr, Executive Director at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Made for Memphis
Art will spill out on the street and invite you in from blocks away. With 600 percent more art-filled free and public spaces to enjoy, Memphis’ new art museum will quickly become our city’s brand new “living room.”
Memphis’ new art museum will be a important new point of connection for our city. Not only an incredible new space for people to gather, the new facility has been designed to better connect Memphis with the Mississippi River, creating a more beautiful, walkable downtown for locals and visitors to Bluff City.
Created for Connection
Opening in Late 2025
Groundbreaking is right around the corner; we’ll be going vertical in no time. Stay tuned for sneak peeks on materials, virtual tours, and public events.
Built for Art
Working with the international architectural giants Herzog & de Mueron and acclaimed local designers archimania, Memphis’ new art museum is explicitly designed to display the Brooks Museum of Art’s extensive collection of more than 9,000 artworks spanning 5,000 years of art and culture.
“This is going to be huge for both Memphis and Tennessee.”
Beverly Robertson, former President of the Greater Memphis Chamber & National Civil Rights Museum
“Memphis’ new art museum will help revitalize the core of our city and serve as an economic and developmental driver. We are proud to be involved.”
D. Bryan Jordan, Chairman, President & CEO of First Horizon
"This new museum will become an essential civic space for the people of Memphis and visitors to our city."
Mayor Jim Strickland, City of Memphis
“Memphis’ new museum will be the beating heart of our booming downtown.”
Carl Person, Chairman of the Board of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
