Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium - Murals

Murals

The original main entrance lobby of the Pink Palace features a three-panel mural by Memphis artist Burton Callicott. The murals commemorate the discovery of the Mississippi River near the site of Memphis by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his men and their encounters with Native Americans. The three murals were commissioned in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Callicott, who died in 2004, taught at the Memphis College of Art.