BIRMINGHAM.- The Birmingham Museum of Art presents the exhibit Japanese Prints from the Birmingham Museum of Art through November 12. This inaugural exhibition for the Museum's new works on paper gallery features a sampling of the more than one thousand Japanese prints that have been donated to the permanent collection by some fifty patrons since 1953. The works range from simple black and white prints of the 17th century to the classic figure and landscape studies of the 18th and 19th centuries, through the modern print movements of the 20th century, to striking abstract examples of contemporary works of the 21st century.

The Birmingham Museum of Art is a large public art museum, located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It is currently the largest municipal art museum in the Southern United States. The museum's collection encompasses more than 21,000 objects from all periods of artistic production and in all media. Particular strengths of the collection are in decorative arts (particularly German cast-iron and Wedgwood objects) and Asian art. The museum provides year-round educational activities for the public and hosts frequent touring and special exhibitions.