The Edifice Complex
Despite lean times, museums
haven’t lost their good looks
MASSACHUSETTS
The Museum of Science, Boston
opened its new Charles Hayden
Planetarium this year; its “star”
attraction is a powerful fiber-optic projector known as the
Zeiss Starmaster, one of only
two in the United States, which
can re-create the night sky right
down to realistically twinkling
stars. Two miles away, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
has a brand-new wing containing 53 galleries for its collection
of art of the Americas, doubling
the previously available space.
Construction, meanwhile, is
underway for a Renzo Piano-designed building at the Harvard
Art Museums.
VIRGINIA
The Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts in Richmond recently
reinstalled its entire collection
in an expanded space that also
includes a 3.5-acre sculpture
garden.
In June, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning
Center on the campus of Montclair State
University in Little Falls, reopened with a
refurbished atrium, lobby and exhibit gallery
that is the new home of the baseball legend’s
10 World Series rings.
Two of the 10 World Series
rings won by Yogi Berra.
