Memphis Brooks Museum of Art — Attraction in Memphis

To begin with, wonderful! My son and I then began to tour when this obnoxious worker or volunteer stepped to me and stated I must place the ticket sticker on my shirt or I could be asked to leave. Not sure why as anyone who might ask me where the sticker was I could show it to them. She then proceed to chase down my son and I told her that I would let him know. No problem, rules are rules even if they are ridiculous. My son and I then stepped into another room on the first floor to view the religious art work in the room. As we were walking around the exact same woman came up to me and stated, 'I know you are not touching the art but you are too close, you must stay at least 6 inches away to protect the paintings. She continued to berate me like a child and I acknowledge her and stated I indeed was not to close to the paintings and left the room. In every town I visit I always visit the local museums and know how to act as I am a grown women who knows how to respect art and the paintings. If this museum is worried about how close someone is to the paintings, install barriers! She was so rude to me, we left within minutes of her confrontation. I wished that I had not donated prior to completing the tour as I would not have. As we were walking out, there was a blond hair child climbing all over the ropes surrounding the central tree in the lobby while no worker or parent reprimanded her. I will go out of my way to inform my friends and family to never step a foot into this place or donate to this museum. I sure that a review of the cameras within this building would validate my claims and hopefully a reprimand be given to the volunteer or worker involved. No love in Memphis today - totally ruined my visit to the area...come to Atlanta or Chattanooga and we will show you how to welcome people to the arts the correct and friendly way. Brooks museum you have a...

A friend of mine and I took our kids to the museum today for the first time. The layout and exhibits were great, and we really enjoyed looking around and the fact that there were exhibits for both kids and adults. The only reason I didn't give this review 5 stars is that the staff was VERY unwelcoming to our children. The kids were walking and looking around with us, but any time they pointed or moved toward anything (not touching it or even close to it), a staff member would jump all over them, even with my friend and I already issuing reminders/handling the situation. We went to view the Maurice Sendak exhibit and finally left because the staff member in that area basically stalked and harassed us through the whole exhibit, ignoring other children who were actually misbehaving and being rowdy. I understand that this is a museum. I understand there are alarms and fragile items of value. But I also understand that we cannot raise children who know how to behave in these places and who value art and culture if they are always treated as if they are unwelcome in these places, especially when they aren't misbehaving in the first place. I plan to visit the Brooks again, and I plan to return with my kids, if for no other reason at this point than to prove a point to their staff that it is not okay to treat children and families in an unwelcome manner. Let us raise our children in a way that allows them to learn the proper way to conduct themselves in specific environments and that allows them to learn to value art, history, literature, and culture, so that those things will continue to be valued by future...

I have recently arrived from Memphis where I was overwhelmed by its historic museums. Had I known before how fascinating they were, I would have asked for longer holidays and spent the whole Winter learning about the history.

But my absolutely favourite was the Brooks Museum on 1934 Poplar ave, which is entirely dedicated to the Memphis Revolution. As inquisitive as I am, I stepped into the museum in a morning of a Winter day and left it when the night was falling.

I was absolutely mesmerized by the works of art in the museum. There are different rooms which depict the architecture and lifestyle from the B.C. time to 21st century. There are enormous colourful canvas, amazing sculptures, exquisite silver and gold jewellery and even kings and queens garments.

There is also multimedia and audio available for the young and the techi. Visitors can put on headphones and listen about this distant time, or they can use the computers to embark on a fascinating trip to the past.

Another reason why I recommend going to the museum is because they have very friendly and informative occasional tour guides. There are big parking lots, spotless bathrooms a big cafeteria and all kinds of facilities which make the place also very attractive for school teachers visiting with groups of children.

To sum up, I would highly recommend visiting this gorgeous museum in the heart of Memphis. The works of art are definitely a must-see and I’m sure it is worth a visit especially for children, who can have fun by learning about the...