JOSLYN ART MUSEUM A comprehensive redesign
Joslyn Art Museum will reopen to the public in September 2024 following an expansion , renovation , and site redesign conceived to reimagine how visitors approach and engage with Nebraska ’ s largest art museum . Central features of the project , designed by Snøhetta in partnership with Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture , are : 1- construction of the new 42,000-square-foot Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion , which adds abundant light-filled galleries , community spaces , a new Museum shop , and new main entrance . 2- renovation of existing buildings , which adds classrooms , a refurbished lecture hall and cafe , gathering spaces , and a reconfigured administration wing . 3- reorganization of Joslyn ’ s grounds , featuring more than three acres of rejuvenated public gardens , outdoor spaces , and art installations , and reorientation of the entry sequence to bring visitors into the revamped grounds on axis with the heart of the expansion and the new main entry .
After passing underneath the deep cantilever of the Hawks Pavilion , visitors will enter a soaring , lightfilled atrium that unites the architectural history of the Museum with a gently sloping central staircase that rises to form an extension of the glass atrium designed by Norman Foster as part the Museum ’ s 1994 expansion . The staircase offers stunning views of the vibrant Georgia Pink marble façades of the 1931 Joslyn Building , one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States , and the Museum ’ s
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