Linn-Henley Gallery Exhibitions

A special part of your visit to Vulcan Park and Museum is the Linn-Henley Gallery, a space where we host changing exhibits that enhance your experience at Vulcan. Linn-Henley Gallery is included in your admission to Vulcan Park and Museum. Adults $6 (plus tax); Seniors $5 (plus tax); Children 5 – 12 $4 (plus tax); under 4 free.

On View Now:

 

Mapping Birmingham

On View September 10, 2011 - February 17, 2012

Mapping Birmingham charts the growth – and aspirations behind that growth – of Birmingham from its founding to present day. The exhibition’s artifacts, maps of the city depicting key points in its history, offer glimpses into Birmingham’s past and its vision for the future. Maps come from Birmingham Public Library archives depict the development of the communities of Mountain Brook and Corey. Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision of a unified park system for Birmingham is depicted through a reproduction of his groundbreaking 1925 study. Visitors also encounter the latest plans for the Birmingham metro area. Vulcan Park and Museum collaborated with a host of local architecture firms and architecturally minded groups to procure designs for Park Place, SoHo, and Mt. Laurel, and to offer glimpses of yet-to-be-realized plans for Birmingham’s system of parks and neighborhoods, and for revitalized historic districts.

Mapping Birmingham was featured in the September 22-29, 2011 edition of WELD. Click here to see the article.

                                                                      
                                                                          

                                                                         Bird's Eye View of Mt. Brook, Birmingham, Ala. Public Library Archives

 

Upcoming Exhibits:

 

What Makes the Magic City So Magical?

On View February 27 - March 23, 2012

In honor of Youth Art Month, Vulcan Park and Museum is proud to present, What Makes the Magic City So Magical?, an exhibition of works created by art students from Ramsay High School. Asked to depict a positive aspect of the Magic City, these works highlight the talents of these young artists while illustrating a facet of their community that is significant to them.

 

Beyond Barbecue and Baklava:
The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine

On View April 6 - August 3, 2012

                                
                                 Photos courtesy of Niki Sepsas

Birmingham’s Greek community has shaped the city for over a hundred years. Greek immigrants and their descendants have contributed to a range of endeavors, from law to medicine to education, but it is perhaps their impact on the city’s vibrant restaurant scene that is most celebrated.

The first in Vulcan Park and Museum’s series of exhibitions on local cultural groups, Beyond Barbecue and Baklava: The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine explores how Greek immigrants have transformed the way people live – and eat – in the Magic City. Drawing from oral histories gathered in collaboration with the UAB Ethnographic Film Program, the exhibition weaves in stories about the journey to America and the religious practices that for over a century have sustained the Greek community.

Beyond Barbecue and Baklava: The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine is organized by Vulcan Park and Museum and made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Alabama Humanities Foundation.

                                                                             

 

Past Exhibits:

The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists

April 15 – August 26, 2011

In celebration of the Year of Alabama Music, Vulcan Park and Museum presented The Music Lives  On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists, an exhibition of works depicting the region’s great musical traditions created by the state’s most celebrated folk artists. Those represented in this colorful exhibition include such acclaimed artists as Lonnie Holley, Joe Minter, Charlie Lucas, and Thornton Dial. Through the creations of these great artists, visitors to Vulcan Park and Museum encountered a parallel artistic universe – the world of blues, jazz, bluegrass, country and other popular forms of music that define Birmingham, the state and the region.

In case you missed it, the exhibit will be traveling to three other locations throughout the state :
     Fall 2011: Carnegie Visual Arts Center (Decatur, AL)
     Winter 2012: The Kentuck Museum (Northport, AL)
     Summer 2012: Wiregrass Museum of Art (Dothan, AL)

The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists is presented in part by the Alabama Humanities Foundation.