News & Press

MMofA to open innovative exhibitions exploring early 1900s

Posted on: May 25th, 2023

MOBILE, Ala. – On June 16, 2023, Mobile Museum of Art will open DECADES: Looking Back/Moving Forward (1900-1919), the first in a series of exhibitions that will immerse visitors in the art, history, and innovations of the decades leading up to the sixties when MMofA first opened.
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Makers Market & Open House @ MMofA – June 10, 2023

Posted on: May 23rd, 2023

MOBILE, Ala. –  On Saturday, June 10, 2023, from 3 to 6 p.m., Mobile Museum of Art will host their annual Makers Market & Open House featuring live music, food trucks, art activities, and free admission to the Museum.
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MMofA Hiring Museum Guard

Posted on: March 28th, 2023

The Mobile Museum of Art is hiring a full-time guard. This position is responsible for maintaining the security of exhibitions, equipment, buildings, and grounds of a city museum against unlawful or disturbing acts, building art display cases, and giving information and directions to visitors.
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Receives $2 Million Grant from Art Bridges Foundation for Collection-Sharing Partnership with Southern Museums

Posted on: February 27th, 2023

Beginning spring 2023, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Columbia Museum of Art, Mobile Museum of Art, and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts will co-create traveling exhibitions through spring 2026
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MMofA Awarded Grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama for Free Thursday Admission

Posted on: February 2nd, 2023

Mobile Museum of Art Awarded Grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama for Free Thursday Admission   MOBILE, Ala. – On February 1, 2023, the Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) received a grant from the Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama to offer free general admission to all Alabamians every […]
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New Employee Joins MMofA Staff

Posted on: January 24th, 2023

Mobile Museum of Art would like to welcome new Coordinator of Art Education, Kaitlyn A. Amanor, to the Museum School Team!
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Mobile Museum of Art announces departure of decade-long Director

Posted on: January 12th, 2023

Mobile Museum of Art announces departure of decade-long Director   Mobile, AL – The Board of Directors of the Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) hosted a private reception on January 8, 2023, in honor of departing museum director Deborah Velders.
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Mobile Museum of Art announces appointment of new Director for the Mobile Museum of Art

Posted on: December 12th, 2022

Mobile Museum of Art announces appointment of new Director for the Mobile Museum of Art   Mobile, AL – The Board of the Mobile Museum of Art announced that following a year-long, national search, they had selected Jon Carfagno, Executive Director at the Hickory Museum of Art (Hickory, NC) as the next Director of the […]
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Mobile Museum of Art Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums

Posted on: November 21st, 2022

Mobile Museum of Art Receives Highest National Recognition Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums   MOBILE, Ala. –  Mobile Museum of Art has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums.
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MMofA hiring Coordinator of Art Education

Posted on: October 14th, 2022

The Mobile Museum of Art is hiring a full-time Coordinator of Art Education. Applicants should have background knowledge of art materials, techniques and art history, and the ability to teach art classes in at least one 2-D art medium (painting, drawing, printmaking or photography).
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