National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis

One of my favorite parts of the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis was the gate:

Cornstalk fence, cast by Wood and Perot Ironworks of Philadelphia:

…and if you’re thinking, “like the Cornstalk Hotel in the Quarter?” then yes.

‘Quilts on a Line’ by Greely Myatt:

The Friendship Bridge, concept by Manfred Bredohl:

Inside one of the buildings was this exhibit by Albert Paley:

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Across the street, Indian mounds — on lower left-hand side, those bricks are the entrance to what was made an ammunition vault at Fort Pickering :

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More of Greely Myatt’s work at City Hall in Memphis:

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