Huntsville Museum of Art

Huntsville Museum of Art

Established	1970
Location	300 Church Street Southwest Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Coordinates	34°43′37″N 86°35′13″W / 34.72694°N 86.58694°W / 34.72694; -86.58694
Type	Art museum
Website	hsvmuseum.org

Huntsville Museum of Art (HMA) is a museum located in Huntsville, Alabama. HMA sits in Big Spring Park within Downtown Huntsville, and serves as a magnet for cultural activities.

In 1957, the Huntsville Art League and Museum Association (HALMA) was formed with the goal of growing the arts community within Huntsville and of one day having a museum. HMA was officially established by the City of Huntsville with city Ordinance No. 70-134, on August 13, 1970, which established the Museum Board of the City of Huntsville. The museum held its first exhibition in 1973 and moved to its first permanent facility at the Von Braun Center in 1975, while the rest of HALMA had to relocate to Heart of Huntsville Mall. In 1989, HALMA officially split with the museum retaining the name Huntsville Museum of Art while the rest of the organization was known as Huntsville Art League (HAL). HMA moved to its present building at Big Spring Park in March 1998 and housed seven galleries.

The museum expanded in 2010 with the Davidson Center, which includes seven new exhibition galleries, the Stender Family Education Galleries, four special event facilities, and an adjacent parking lot. The museum's 75,034 square foot facility now includes fourteen galleries covering 20,000 square feet.

The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums program.^[1]

The Huntsville Museum of Art has been awarded "Best of Bama" for Best Art Museum in the state by Alabama Magazine in 2014,^[2] 2015,^[3] 2016,^{[4][better source needed]} 2018,^[5] 2019,^[6] and 2022.^[7]