Revamped University of Michigan Museum of Art to Open in 2009
The museum's new wing includes a 225-seat auditorium.
Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 6/19/2008 12:00:00 AM
In early 2009, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) in Ann Arbor, Michigan will reopen to the public after a renovation and expansion carrying a $41.9 million price tag. Head up by architect Brad Cloepfil, principal of architecture firm Allied Works Architecture, the project includes a 53,000-square-foot new wing.
The glass and steel addition connects to the existing Beaux-Arts Alumni Memorial Hall and may be the last building the 40-acre campus allows. Dubbed the Maxine and Stuart Frankel and the Frankel Family Wing after the project's lead benefactors, the addition will feature three cantilevered structural arms extending from a triple height gallery. New facilities include a café, museum shop, classrooms, and a 225-seat auditorium.
"The new Museum of Art will bridge our campus and community, breaking down the traditional boundaries between the museum space and the life that surrounds it," says James Steward, UMMA director since 1998.
Since 1967, UMMA has more than doubled its collections of mainly Western, Asian, and African art.
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