City nails down Brooks Museum agreement, delays vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis City Council heard oppositions to the new Memphis Art Museum before giving the green light to an agreement with the Brooks Museum to run it and punted a vote on closing two streets in Chickasaw Gardens.
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