Huntsville Museum of Art

I took my Dad here today and it was a blast! There is so much available to look at. My Dad and I had a great time.

I can honestly say it was a great experience. My original intent for visiting the museum was to prepare for a term paper. I brought my daughter and it ended up being a fun time. She enjoyed the kids exhibits and we both liked the walk through time. Keep in mind animal art is a huge deal in this museum. The Association of Creative Zoology has some great pieces of artwork.

I’m spoiled living so close to DC with access to the Smithsonian Art Museums that offer free admission, so admittedly, I’m not sure what is a fair price to a local art museum, but $ 10 a pop seems high to me.
That said, it is a beautiful space and the kid’s section is absolutely fantastic! I loved the huge kaleidoscope and the big kids in my family (read: all of us are adults) enjoyed the color wheel and the trying to stay within the lines on the back wall.
They have rotating exhibits, and right now, Ginny Ruffner: Aesthetic Engineering was my favorite. The colors, the textures, and the details in her sculptures are breathtaking. Really great pieces.
Also, I think it bears mentioning that the woman at the front desk was absolutely delightful. Being primarily out of towners, she wanted to make sure we made the connection to Huntsville and fine art, and did a wonderful job of explaining all the different groupings to us.

Overpriced and underwhelming. $ 10 for one floor of primarily uninteresting art, half of which was an overstuffed gallery of amateurish works with the price listed. The silver animals and Cal Breed exhibits were enjoyable but I probably won’t be returning for an hour-​long visit of mediocre art again.

This art museum is truly fantastic given the size of Huntsville. Seems like the type of museum one would find in a mid-​sized (1 to 2 million) city, not a small city like Huntsville. The museum gets truly world class traveling exhibits (I saw an outstanding Ansel Adams exhibit there once, for example), and also features some very high quality and interesting art from Alabama or featuring the local area. In a nice location also, good area of town to walk around with a «park-​like» atmosphere. I give it 5 stars not because it will compete with the Louvre or Hermitage, but because if you are in or near Huntsville and like art at all, you definitely should go!!!

A great art museum that’s only getting better. Although I miss the grassy meadow that used to be where the museum is today, the building is beautiful and the museum did deserve it’s own building separate from the VBCC. Thanks to the improved space, the museum has been getting more and more impressive exhibits, including a recent one featuring pieces from the collection of the Uffizi. I also liked the Buccellati silver animals, which are part of the permanent collection. Make it the cornerstone of an afternoon walk around the park and the Big Spring.