Tampa Museum of Art - Permanent Collection Exhibitions

The Tampa Museum of Art's collection is in storage and on loan while TMA is housed in its temporary location at 2306 N. Howard Avenue in Tampa. Construction of the new museum facility in downtown Tampa's Curtis Hixon Park will begin in early 2008, with the opening of the new building expected in the fall of 2009.

The Classical World

The Barbara and Costas Lemonopoulos Gallery

The Classical World is an installation of Greek and Roman antiquities drawn from the Tampa Museum of Art's permanent collection, in addition to loans from other institutions and private individuals. Recognized as the finest collection of its kind in the southeastern United States, the Classical World surveys the material culture of the Mediterranean area from the Neolithic period to the Roman Imperial period. With well over 400 objects on display, the exhibition illustrates the types of art works characteristic of ancient Greece and Rome: painted pottery; sculpture in marble, bronze, and terra cotta; personal ornaments of bronze and gold; struck silver and gold coins; and a variety of ancient glass vessels as well as other items that illuminate interesting aspects of daily life. These works of art offer valuable insights into the societies that produced them. They vividly depict a complex mosaic of beliefs and lifestyles, spanning thousands of years and forming the foundations of Western civilization.

For your learning enjoyment, an Audio Wand Tour is available to accompany this exhibition.
Ask as you enter the Museum.

image from the permanent collection

greek pottery

image from the permanent collection
Hydria Red-Figure Neck Hydria attributed to the Harrow Painter, Attic, about 740 B.C.
Collection of the Tampa Museum of Art Joseph Veach Noble Collection, Purchased in part with funds donated by Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Fry, and O'Neill, P.A. 86.75

Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

The Terrace and Center Galleries

This exhibition contains a broad selection of sculpture and decorative arts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, all drawn from the Museum's permanent collection. Figurative works by artists such as Hiram Powers, Charlotte Dunwiddie and Frederick William MacMonnies compliment modern and contemporary works by Jacques Lipchitz, John Heric, Donald J. Saff, and Conrad Marca-Relli.

The largest part of this exhibition focuses on sculpture created by C. Paul Jennewein, a major American architectural sculptor of the mid-twentieth century. Greek Dance, created in 1926 and inspired by the classical styles of ancient Greek and Roman art, illustrates his elegant and mature work from the Art Deco period. His 1926-33 design for the sculpture pediment at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, represented by a one-third scale painted plaster maquette, is prominently featured in the Center Gallery.

The Museum's courtyard, facing Ashley Street and downtown Tampa, provides an outdoor display area for works on long-term loan, including monumental works by Beverly Pepper, Michael Steiner, and Lyman Kipp.