Metal Museum

The Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, is a nonprofit institution devoted to metalwork, presenting forged, cast, and fabricated art alongside public programs in metalsmithing. It occupies a property that began as a hospital in 1884, later reshaped after most of its original buildings were demolished, with two surviving structures preserved. After the hospital closed and the site passed to the city, artist-blacksmith James Wallace helped found the museum and oversaw its transformation beginning in 1979 into an interactive center with a smithy, foundry, restoration lab, library, residencies, classes, and traveling exhibitions. Its enduring importance lies in preserving both metalwork and the visible practice of making and repairing it.

Memphis, Tennessee · United States