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Birmingham (Alabama) / États-Unis

Birmingham est la plus grande ville de l'État de l'Alabama, aux États-Unis. Elle est le siège du comté de Jefferson, mais des portions de la ville sont aussi situées dans le comté de Shelby. Fondée en 1871 après la guerre de Sécession, en tant qu'entreprise industrielle, son nom provient de Birmingham, la ville industrielle principale d'Angleterre. La commune de Birmingham avait une population de 212 237 habitants au recensement de 2010, une baisse de 12,6 % par rapport au recensement de 2000. Cependant, Birmingham est le noyau d'une aire urbaine connue sous le nom de Grand Birmingham comprenant 1 212 848 habitants, ce qui en fait la 48e aire urbaine des États-Unis.

Birmingham Museum of Art

Birmingham (Alabama) / États-Unis

Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama, today has one of the finest collections in the Southeastern United States, with more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing a numerous diverse cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. Among other highlights, the Museum’s collection of Asian art is considered the finest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, and its Vietnamese ceramics one of the finest in the U.S. The Museum also is home to a remarkable Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to c.1750, and the 18th-century European decorative arts include superior examples of English ceramics and French furniture. The Birmingham Museum of Art is owned by the City of Birmingham and encompasses 3.9 acres in the heart of the city’s cultural district. Erected in 1959, the present building was designed by architects Warren, Knight and Davis, and a major renovation and expansion by Edward Larrabee Barnes of New York was completed in 1993. The facility encompasses 180,000 square feet , including an outdoor sculpture garden.