Tuscaloosa, Alabama Museum Of Art Announces Shutdown With Ten Days’ Notice

“The Westervelt Co.’s Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, home to a world-renowned collection of American and Asian paintings, furniture and decorative art amassed by former CEO Jack Warner, will close Aug. 31 … Core pieces will remain in the collection, including some of its early American-themed art, and the ‘Wild Birds of America’ series by Basil Ede, commissioned by Warner, but others will be ‘prepared for shipment,’ and not available for viewing by the public.” In its current form, the museum has been operating for less than seven years.