Five Georgia art museums form partnership

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ATLANTA (AP) – Five art museums in Georgia say they have formed a partnership to share their resources and collections.

The five are the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Albany Museum of Art, The Columbus Museum, the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens and the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah.

Participants say the during a three-year pilot initiative, the museums will draw on each other’s resources for exhibitions and loans of individual objects, professional development workshops and consultations and collection storage.

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