HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.- The Huntsville Museum of Art presents the exhibit Reflections of Reality: American Paintings from the Hainsworth Collection through January 7, 2007. A selection of approximately 50 realist oil paintings from a private collection spanning the timeframe of the mid-19th century through the 1930s, the point when modernism and abstraction came to dominate art. From Hudson River School scenes through American Scene painting, the exhibition includes works by such American masters as George Inness, Childe Hassam, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton and many others.

The Huntsville Museum of Art, North Alabama’s leading visual arts center, moved to its beautiful facility in Big Spring International Park in March 1998.

The nationally-accredited Museum fills its seven galleries with a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, including prestigious traveling exhibits and the work of nationally and regionally acclaimed artists. The Museum’s own 2,522-piece permanent collection also forms the basis for several exhibitions each year.

In addition, the Museum offers reception areas on the gallery level and in the Great Hall for weddings, meetings and other events. Visitors can also pick out unique gifts in the Museum Store.

Named as one of the state’s “Top 10” destinations by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel, the Huntsville Museum of Art is gaining a reputation throughout the South for bringing high-caliber touring exhibitions to the region. Nearly 40,000 people visited the Museum during A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum. Another 23,000 visited the blockbuster exhibition Land of the Winged Horsemen: Art in Poland.

In addition to its exhibitions, the Museum offers art classes for children and adults along with special programs, lectures, and musical presentations that add extra dimensions to the art work on display.