Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
American painting, prints, studio glass, Southern regional art, decorative arts, and an important Bill Traylor group share the museum with ArtWorks and a sculpture garden.
Artwork inspired by Bill Traylor
Compare Traylor, Thornton Dial, Gee’s Bend makers, and academy-trained painters without treating “self-taught” as a synonym for naïve. Materials, markets, race, and who gets collected are part of the art history.
The Caddell Sculpture Garden and ArtWorks have their own maintenance or program interruptions. Because admission is free, one carefully chosen collection conversation is better than a hurried whole-building circuit.
- Bill Traylor group
- Major Alabama artist concentration
- American art galleries
- National collection across periods
- Caddell Sculpture Garden
- Art continues into landscape
Quick guide
- Best first move
- Bill Traylor group: American painting, prints, studio glass, Southern regional art, decorative arts, and an important Bill Traylor group share the museum with ArtWorks and a sculpture garden.
- Most revealing detail
- American art galleries gives the clearest route into american art gains force beside alabama self-taught work.
Quick guide
- Start with
- Bill Traylor group — American painting, prints, studio glass, Southern regional art, decorative arts, and an important Bill Traylor group share the museum with ArtWorks and a sculpture garden.
- Look closely at
- American art galleries — Compare Traylor, Thornton Dial, Gee’s Bend makers, and academy-trained painters without treating “self-taught” as a synonym for naïve.
- Connect the story
- Caddell Sculpture Garden — The Caddell Sculpture Garden and ArtWorks have their own maintenance or program interruptions.
- Plan around
- Allow 1½–3 hours; plan around caddell sculpture garden and current access conditions.
Good to know
Ask what is currently on view before promising a child the ArtWorks interactives or planning around a specific sculpture.
Notice these
- Bill Traylor group
- American art galleries
- Caddell Sculpture Garden