Berman Museum

The worldwide celebration of art is on April 15th! Artistic creativity in humans has been around since prehistory in the form of clay statuettes and cave paintings. These double as historical artifacts that provide important insight on past cultures and creatures. Art constantly evolves and fluctuates through many different periods focusing on the newest trend. […]

Name: Ashley Garcia Title: Graphics & Marketing Coordinator Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications How did you learn about AM&G/What did you know about AM&G before employment? I grew up in the Anniston area, visiting the museum numerous times with family and school functions. During college I volunteered, assisting with social media and creating

During the month of October, the Berman Museum closed for extensive renovations. Volunteer groups and individuals, interns, contracted workers, and AM&G staff worked tirelessly to create a new second floor experience, both visually and educationally. Three of the five permanent galleries temporarily opened for our annual Fall Fest and to host its first-ever Girl Scout

Conference Exhibition Award Berman Museum received an Honorable Mention in the Under $10,000 budget category in recognition of the exhibition Danger, Deception, and Disguise ANNISTON, ALABAMA, September, 23, 2021 — Berman Museum is pleased to announce they are a recipient of the 2021 Southeastern Museums Conference Honorable Mention Award for in the Under $10,000 budget

In the past months, we’ve discussed the four foundational galleries of the Berman Museum developed in the first ten years of its existence. During this period, the Berman also hosted many excellent temporary galleries to introduce the public to new concepts and interpret artifacts in new ways. In the last few years of the 1990s,

When someone asked Alabama collector Farley Berman how he managed to acquire Adolph Hitler’s silver tea service, he said: “That’s a good question. Next question.” Berman was secretive about most of his 6,000-plus items in the Berman Museum in Anniston. How on earth did he get Napoleon’s dressing case with brushes and a mirror with

What began as a temporary exhibit in 2000, has become one of the fundamental galleries of the Berman Museum: Arts of Asia. Arts of Asia: Sacred & Secular opened on October 27, 2000. This exhibit showcased over one hundred of Berman Museum’s Asiatic artifacts, shining a light on a part of the collection not previously

We explored the first two of our permanent galleries in March and April: American West and Deadly Beauty. This month’s article delves into the beginnings of our second-floor galleries, specifically the World Wars. After creating the first-floor galleries and the opening of the museum, it was time to fill the second floor of the museum.

As we said in March, when the Berman Museum opened to the public in 1996, it consisted of two cornerstone exhibits: The American West and Deadly Beauty. The Berman Museum’s inaugural newsletter stated that “man makes articles for function and beauty and some deadly arms are made to be beautiful works of art, for prestige and to show

Where we left off: “The Berman Museum broke ground on February 4, 1995. On April 13, 1996, the Berman Museum opened its doors to the public. On July 16, 1999, Farley Berman died at age 88, leaving a museum and a legacy.” When the museum opened to the public on April 13, 1996, it consisted