Metal Museum

08/30/2026

Grand Opening Week is here!

We're opening the doors to our new home this Saturday, September 5, to kick off a new era for the Metal Museum.

Be sure to grab our new brand merchandise in the Museum Store to commemorate this historic moment!

RSVP now at the link below:
metalmuseum.ticketapp.org/portal/product/81/events

08/28/2026

Recognizing the spark that’s taking place in the Memphis arts community is something we are so excited to be part of. We are extremely grateful to ARTSmemphis for continuing to help our vision come to life!❤️‍🔥

08/28/2026

Excited to be having Indie Memphis’s 2026 Preview Party in our new home in Overton Park! We can’t wait to see this year’s lineup reveal.
Grab your tickets today🎟️🎞️:

https://events.indiememphis.org/schedule/6a849ac6dc0b22a181152581?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaAT-sbxwZG9mAmZkaWQWUNVVx5sWGnKvyHe-xlwI9lzMJ3LyuGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp5KCvj0Ey4BCRz0E2T3wmlHr0TJbtxgwSkP31uSKwLKAte10WEBirOA0LzHs_aem_feToariMuk-q0mh8Ae0lAw

Join us at the new Metal Museum in Overton Park on September 30th as we reveal this year’s lineup of films!🍿🎉🎞️

Attend the Preview Party and you’ll be the first to hear festival announcements and catch trailers from many of the films in this year’s lineup‼️ We’ll have a complimentary cocktail hour featuring light bites and drinks by our sponsors Old Dominick Distillery and Hampline Brewing Company from 6-7pm, then announcements and trailers will begin at 7:15pm!

The full festival schedule will go live after the Preview Party, as well!🎥 Passholders will have priority access for selecting film tickets before they go on sale to the general public on Monday, Oct 5th. If you haven’t gotten your pass yet or want to go ahead and secure your Preview Party ticket, head to the link below! Tickets are $10 for non-members and free for members and sponsors!🎟️

We can’t wait to get together with our Indie Memphis community again and celebrate the amazing films we’re bringing to our city this year!✨

https://imff26.indiememphis.org/

08/27/2026

A huge thank you to Wendy Guzmán and the Memphis Business Journal for helping us share this exciting news. Read this morning's full story on their site linked below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/08/27/metal-museum-windgate-foundation-challenge-grant.html

The new facility at Rust Hall has triple the space of the current Southwest Memphis location. The museum opens to the public Sept. 5. >> See the full article below ⬇️

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

We’ll see you at our Grand Opening Celebration from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm next Saturday! 🥳

08/27/2026

Counting down the days!

08/27/2026

We are thrilled to share that the Metal Museum has received a $2.5 million matching challenge grant from the Windgate Foundation!

With more than $1.2 million in donations already secured, the Museum has only $1.3 million left to meet the match and complete the campaign. Now through the end of our Be the Spark campaign, every dollar you give will be matched, doubling your impact!

Donations of any size qualify for the match, as well as pledges and multi-year gifts. Give today at the link below:

https://www.metalmuseum.org/expansion-form

08/27/2026

When we open in Overton Park, visitors won’t have to step inside our galleries to encounter metalwork. The Robyn and John Horn Sculpture Walk brings large-scale works by artists including Fletcher Benton, Boaz Vaadia, Catherine Lee, Tom Joyce, and others into the landscape.

This offers millions of people who visit Overton Park Conservancy each year the chance to encounter metal artwork outdoors, among the trees, shaped by light, texture, movement, and time. Public art invites us to pause and see the familiar differently. Here, it also creates the opportunity to discover the art of metalworking maybe for the first time.

The Sculpture Walk is one part of our vision for making fine metalwork more accessible and more connected to the community.