BIRMINGHAM, AL.- In conjunction with the start of the Birmingham Museum of Art’s 60th year, the BMA is releasing a new collection handbook. Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, published by D Giles Limited, is a richly illustrated souvenir to an encyclopedic collection. The 272-page catalog is an outstanding survey of four hundred centuries of art from one of America’s leading regional museums. “I am often asked ‘what’s next?’ meaning what’s the next big exhibition coming to the Museum,” says Gail Andrews, the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the BMA. “While we love bringing important traveling shows to our city, we are even more proud of the significant collection we have created over our sixty-year history.” Highlighting more than 250 artworks from the Museum’s holdings of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art, this catalog demonstrate