Tacoma Art Museum’s $15.5 million expansion project will open to the public in November, museum officials announced Tuesday. Construction began last November on the Haub Family Galleries, a new 16,000 expansion wing that will provide a home for the Haub Family Collection of Western American Art, double the museum’s gallery space, provide greater art experiences for visitors, and increase the museum’s presence in downtown Tacoma. The building expansion project’s team includes Olson Kundig Architects, Murase Associates, Sellen Construction, and Bonewitz Project Leadership. Museum officials plan to celebrate the grand opening by hosting a series of special events leading up to the public opening day on Sun., Nov. 16, including a Gala on Fri., Nov. 14, and a Members-Only Day and Evening celebration on Sat., Nov. 15.
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- 3 artists selected for outdoor Tacoma Art Museum sculptures (Tacoma Daily Index, March 18, 2014)
- Milestones in fundraising, construction at Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma Daily Index, February 27, 2014)
- Construction under way on Tacoma Art Museum expansion project (Tacoma Daily Index, December 4, 2013)
- Tacoma Art Museum breaks ground on $15.5M expansion project (Tacoma Daily Index, September 5, 2013)
- Tacoma Art Museum awarded $2M for expansion project (Tacoma Daily Index, August 14, 2013)
- $15.5M Tacoma Art Museum expansion groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 5 (Tacoma Daily Index, August 13, 2013)
- Tacoma Art Museum unveils design for $15.5M renovation (Tacoma Daily Index, April 18, 2013)
- EDB picks Top 10 Tacoma, Pierce County projects (Tacoma Daily Index, March 4, 2013)
- Tacoma Art Museum picks curator for new Haub Collection (Tacoma Daily Index, February 1, 2013)
- Tacoma Art Museum picks contractor for expansion project (Tacoma Daily Index, September 28, 2012)
- New collection, wing for Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma Daily Index, July 9, 2012)
- TAM selects Seattle firms for Pacific Avenue plaza redesign (Tacoma Daily Index, October 30, 2009)
- TAM announces shortlist for museum plaza redesign (Tacoma Daily Index, June 29, 2009)
- Tacoma Art Museum seeks concepts for plaza redesign (Tacoma Daily Index, May 11, 2009)