First, the reason I liked it was because of the building it’s in. Look up Marine Hospital. A lot of history on these grounds. The old Marine hospital is not apartments but the museum next door used to be the nurses quarters. The museum is moving so the grounds won’t be the same sadly. I am military and love the history of civil war and the old hospital. The metal part is on, we were there about an hour.

Go. It’s much better than the title makes it sound! Neat galleries inside-don’t miss the switch plate covers! Fantastic gift shop with original works from $ 10-thousands. Outdoors a sculpture garden, gazebo, and works in progress plus workers in the forge and more.

This is a nice place to visit if you like museums and art, but not a must do. There is a small entrance fee, and several workshops on the outside of the museum. There is nice history to see here about Memphis metal works, but not a must-see activity. Very interesting forms of art at the museum.

This is one of the most special places in Memphis. Its unique setting on the Mississippi in old historic buildings saved in an otherwise industrial quartier, it tells the story of art and objects that can be produced from different metals. Once you walk through their beautiful, unique metal gates, you are on their small, unique campus. Two buildings include revolving and permanent exhibit space and a gift shop, and two buildings show the process of working with metal: a forge and a casting shop. There is outdoor sculpture to enjoy too. Although this is not a large complex, allow at least an hour to take everything in. Free street parking available.

This was an interesting stop. My family likes museums and since we were staying in Memphis, we thought we'd give this a try. It does seem a little unusual to have a museum focusing on metal. It looks like the property is or was a small college campus. They might still have a big operation. There is a small entrance fee. It's more of an art museum with objects made out of metal. Art lovers would probably enjoy it. There were some cool pieces in the gallery, but I thought most of it was weird. There is a shop out back that hold classes on metal working etc. They weren't doing any classes while we were there, but I believe they do on the weekends. Then there is another small building that has more art work. As someone's mentioned in other comments. This is very well done, it's worth a visit in the area, but it's not a must-do.