The Palace of the Governors is building a new state history museum adjacent to the Palace and will be renovating the Palace during the next three years.  We plan to stay open as  much as possible through all of it.
 
Louise I. Stiver, Senior Curator
Palace of the Governors and New Mexico History Museum
P.O. Box 2087
Santa Fe, NM 87508
(505) 476-5028
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From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Michael A. Mares
Sent: Wed 6/15/2005 9:12 AM
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Subject: Re: List of Museum Renovation and Expansion Projects?



Check out for Oklahoma:

http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/publications/museology/index.shtml

02-03 Mares, M. A. 2002 Miracle on the prairie: The development of
the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Museologia, 2:
31-50.
PDF ( 10.5 MB)


Also:

http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/publications/Books/index.shtml

" A University Natural History Museum For The New Millennium ",
edited by Michael A. Mares, A special publication of the Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 121 pp., paperback
  US: $33 Foreign: $35


>I'm looking to compile a list of museums that have recently started or
>completed expansion or renovation projects.  I am also interested in
>whether the museum stayed open or was closed at any point during the
>project.
>
>Please find a short-list that I've gathered so far.  Many of these appear
>to be art museums.  I'm especially looking for examples at other types of
>museums as well as aqariums and zoos.  Thank you for your input.
>
>National Portrait Gallery- closed
>http://www.npg.si.edu/inform/renovation.htm
>
>Smithsonian American Art Museum- closed
>http://americanart.si.edu/museum_info/renovation/index.cfm
>
>MOMA- alternate location
>http://www.moma.org/about_moma/manhattan/
>
>Cleveland Museum of Art- kept some galleries open
>http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/cmabuilds/html/5147288.html
>
>Institute of American Indian Arts (New mexico) - closed for renovation
>http://www.iaia.edu/museum/renovation.php
>
>B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore)- closed during renovation
>
>de Young Museum (San Fran)- reopens this fall (closed since 2000)
>
>The Minneapolis Institute of Arts-- staying open during expansion
>http://www.artsmia.org/building-expansion/visiting-museum.cfm
>
>Akron Art Museum- closed during renovation
>http://www.akronartmuseum.org/newbuilding/index2.html
>
>Denver Art Museum- open during expansion
>http://www.denverartmuseum.org/expansion/
>
>Seattle Art Museum- open during construction
>http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/construction.asp
>
>The Getty- open while expanding (the Villa)
>http://www.getty.edu/museum/home.html
>
>National Aquarium in Baltimore- open during expansion
>http://www.aqua.org/seethefuture.html
>
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Dr. Michael A. Mares
Research Curator
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK  73072
phone: 405-325-9007
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