Announcements
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2006New Burchfield-Penney Art Center Building Partially Funded
We are pleased to report that the Governor’s Office has allocated $16.5 million toward the construction of the new Burchfield-Penney Art Center museum building.
The museum, designed by the firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, will be located at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Rockwell Road on a 4.3-acre parcel acquired several years ago for this purpose. The facility will be a mixed-use building that will support academic programs such as art conservation, museum studies, fine arts, and art education as well as house the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
The H. H. Richardson property also received an allocation. The governor will appoint an advisory group to work with the college on the future use of those landmark buildings and the Olmsted-designed site.
We anticipate that construction of the museum will commence this summer.
The museum, designed by the firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, will be located at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Rockwell Road on a 4.3-acre parcel acquired several years ago for this purpose. The facility will be a mixed-use building that will support academic programs such as art conservation, museum studies, fine arts, and art education as well as house the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
The H. H. Richardson property also received an allocation. The governor will appoint an advisory group to work with the college on the future use of those landmark buildings and the Olmsted-designed site.
We anticipate that construction of the museum will commence this summer.
