The art shows must go on: Exhibitions stay on through pandemic

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 18, 2020 1:58 PM CT | Published: September 18, 2020 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Emily Ballew Neff, director of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, says the museum in Overton Park is offering entrance&nbsp;on a pay-what-you-wish basis through September. People who buy an annual membership now get an additional three months free. &ldquo;We are exercising that resilience muscle,&rdquo; Neff said.</strong>&nbsp;(Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Emily Ballew Neff, director of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, says the museum in Overton Park is offering entrance on a pay-what-you-wish basis through September. People who buy an annual membership now get an additional three months free. “We are exercising that resilience muscle,” Neff said. (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Memphis museums reopened slowly and carefully, and shows that were expected to leave in May are still open through Sept. 27.

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Brooks Museum of Art Metal Museum Emily Ballew Neff Carissa Hussong Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Peggy Burch

Peggy Burch

Peggy Burch is a freelancer and former Arts & Culture editor at The Daily Memphian.


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