Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
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Established1923
Location565 N. Fifth Avenue
Laurel, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates31°41′47″N 89°07′51″W / 31.696348°N 89.130763°W / 31.696348; -89.130763 (Lauren Rogers Museum of Art)
TypeArt museum
Websitelrma.org

Mississippi's first art museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1923 in memory of Lauren Eastman Rogers.

The museum has an extensive collection of Native American baskets. It also has a selection of American art by Winslow Homer, Albert Bierstadt, and John Singer Sargent. It receives 32,000 visitors a year.[1] Its building's architect was Rathbone DeBuys of New Orleans, Louisiana.

  1. ^ "Lauren Rogers Museum of Art". Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Retrieved 15 July 2013.