Mobile Museum of Art, Art museum in Mobile, United States

The Mobile Museum of Art is an art museum housed in a large building inside Langan Park in Mobile, Alabama, with modern gallery rooms across a single floor. Wide windows face the surrounding gardens, letting natural light into most of the exhibition spaces.

The Mobile Museum of Art was founded in 1963 as a public-private entity, with the Mobile Art Association among its founders. In 2002 a $15 million expansion designed by The Architects Group of Mobile tripled its size to 86,444 square feet on a 9.3-acre site in Langan Park. It is the only accredited art museum in south Alabama.

The galleries bring together works from America, Europe, and Asia, displayed in rotating exhibitions that change throughout the year. Visitors can move at their own pace through rooms of different scales, each organized around a distinct period or tradition.

The museum occupies 9.3 acres within the city-owned Langan Park, so a visit can be paired with a walk in the park. The 2002 expansion by The Architects Group of Mobile tripled the building to 86,444 square feet, giving ample room to see the galleries.

The museum began in 1963 as a public-private entity, and the Art Patrons League has co-sponsored its Annual Outdoor Arts and Crafts Fair since the start, funding many of its most important acquisitions. In 2001, as the new building went up, Elise Haverty and Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty of Atlanta gave their first contemporary glass pieces; their gift now numbers more than 183 works.