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Memphis Brooks Museum describes downtown move, seeks $750,000 operating subsidy and $1.5M in capital pledge
Summary
Leaders of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art updated council members on the museum’s downtown construction, programming goals and funding needs, including a request for a $750,000 operating subsidy for 2026 and a final $1.5 million capital ask to complete the campaign.
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art told the council on March 25 that it is on track to complete a new downtown building in 2026 and asked the city to honor a remaining capital pledge and to consider a one‑year operating subsidy.
Carl Person, board president, and Zoe Carr, executive director, outlined the museum’s programming goals in its final year at Overton Park and its plans for the new timber‑framed building between Front and Riverside, Union and Monroe. Carr said the museum expects to produce seven exhibitions in 2026, host more than 300 events and welcome roughly 125,000 on‑site visitors in the year after opening. She said the museum’s public‑program goals include school tours, a weekly free “Super Saturday” family program, four large community days that together attract about 10,000 people, preschool arts orientation with Porter‑Leath, and…
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