The Walter Anderson Museum of Art

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is a nationally accredited art museum located in historic Ocean Springs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Since it's founding in 1991, WAMA has been a keystone of the state’s cultural life. WAMA is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of artist-philosopher Walter Anderson (1903-1965).

Walter Anderson’s paintings, drawings, murals, block prints, sculpture, carvings, and writings of coastal plants, animals, landscapes, and people have placed him among the most compelling and singular artists of the 20th century. WAMA also honors Anderson's brothers, Peter Anderson (1901-1984), master potter and founder of Shearwater Pottery; and James McConnell Anderson (1907-1998), noted painter and ceramist.

Our mission is to empower lifelong curiosity & connection to the natural world through the art of Walter Inglis Anderson and kindred artists.

Exhibits

We are currently installing two upcoming exhibitions, so visitors will have a unique experience of viewing the Museum's static features as well as a behind the scenes look of deinstalling and curating new exhibitions. Although we typically charge $10.00 or less for admission, we are offering free or donation-based admission currently due to the evolving galleries.

Return to Oldfields | SEP 19, 2022 - AUG 7, 2023
Andrew Bucci: Landscapes in Pattern and Color | SEP 29, 2022 - APR 2, 2023

Return to Oldfields explores the artistic, ecological, and cultural significance of the Southern home, through the lens of the historic Lewis House (also known as Oldfields) where Walter Anderson famously lived and worked during the 1940s.

The works displayed in Andrew Bucci: Landscapes in Pattern and Color commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of famed Mississippi artist Andrew Bucci and includes rare and evocative landscapes and studies in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and even needlepoint.

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