Metal Museum

The Metal Museum is a museum and crafts center in Memphis, Tennessee focused on metalwork and metal arts. It combines exhibition galleries with working studios where blacksmithing, foundry work and fabrication are demonstrated.

Collections and rotating exhibitions present traditional and contemporary metalwork. The site is also known for educational programming, artist residencies and workshops that teach craft techniques.

The institution occupies a riverside site and includes dedicated spaces for forge work, casting and finishing. Over time the museum has developed programs to support makers and to preserve metalworking skills.

The museum is located in Memphis along the Mississippi River and is accessible from the city’s cultural districts.

• Hands-on programs: Public demonstrations and hands-on workshops are commonly offered, making the site both a museum and active crafts centre.

What to See #

• Studios and workshops: Working metal studios and a furnace area where traditional smithing, casting and fabrication techniques are demonstrated and taught.
• Galleries: Exhibition galleries that rotate focused displays of metalwork, coastal craft and contemporary pieces from local and international makers.