Visitors receive a warm welcome when they enter the grand foyer of
the Alexandria Museum of Art, constructed and opened to the public in
March of 1998. The Museum was founded in 1977 and occupies the Historic
Rapides Bank Building, circa 1898, listed on the National Historic
Register.
The expanded AMoA is the centerpiece of Alexandria's riverfront,
situated on the entire 900 block of Main Street. The museum comprises
of exhibition spaces, curatorial and collection storage, administrative
and education space and other public gathering areas.
Through its exhibition program of an ever-changing array of
collections on loan from around the world, its extensive permanent
collection of contemporary Louisiana art and the state's largest
collection of North Louisiana Folk Art, AMoA entices visitors of
diverse tastes.
Staff
Board of Trustees
- Carol Corbat
- Richard Collins
- Fran Davis
- Wayne Denley
- Michael Jenkins
- Philip Laborde
- Connie Mallory
- Mike Young