HMA sits in Big Spring Park within Downtown Huntsville, and serves as a magnet for cultural activities.

The museum held its first exhibition in 1973 and moved to its first permanent facility at the Von Braun Center in 1975, while the rest of HALMA had to relocate to Heart of Huntsville Mall.

Visitors can enjoy graphic works by James McNeill Whistler, John French Sloan, Joseph Stella, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.

Artists with roots in Alabama whose works are presented in the collection of the Huntsville Museum of Art including Richmond Burton, Nall Hollis, David Parrish and Stephen Rolfe Powell.

The museum is also famous for its collection of animal figures made from silver, the largest in the world, and the Italian jewelry produced by Gianmaria Buccellati.