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With a drum roll and roaring applause, Tacoma Art Museum raised the final steel beam into place Wednesday afternoon for its building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. As is building tradition, the beam, signed by supporters of the museum and community members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and then lifted high into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Avenue. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA ART MUSEUM)
With a drum roll and roaring applause, Tacoma Art Museum raised the concluding steel axle into place Wednesday afternoon for its building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. Every bit is building tradition, the beam, signed by supporters of the museum and customs members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and and so lifted high into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Avenue. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA ART MUSEUM)

Tacoma Art Museum officials raised the last steel axle into identify Midweek afternoon for their building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. As is building tradition, the axle, signed by supporters of the museum and customs members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and and so lifted loftier into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Artery.

The effect also marked an important fundraising milestone as museum officials appear they had raised more than than $15.five 1000000 toward the expansion projection.

Construction began on Tacoma Art Museum's building expansion on November. 4. Since then, the site has been transformed and the shape of the Haub Family unit Galleries tin finally be seen. The new fly will provide a home for the Haub Family Collection of Western American Fine art, double the museum'southward gallery infinite, provide greater fine art experiences for visitors, and increment the museum's presence in downtown Tacoma. The anticipated opening for the building expansion and its new galleries is belatedly Fall 2014.

"It'southward hard to believe that information technology's only been a few months since we broke ground here," said Tacoma Art Museum Director Stephanie A. Stebich. "Seeing the Haub Family Galleries and our building expansion become a reality is incredible. Nosotros can't wait for its completion so we tin can share it with the customs."

The building expansion projection'south team includes Olson Kundig Architects, Murase Associates, Sellen Construction, and Bonewitz Project Leadership.

When completed, the project will create a welcoming lobby and more than double the space to display art. It will also include a new family unit interactive gallery, a sculpture hall, and a visitor orientation room. Changes to the existing museum will include a new entrance from the parking level, new windows that provide a better view of the activities inside the museum, a faster elevator from the parking level, and enhancements to the buffet and museum store. The museum'due south Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Plaza volition also exist transformed with a tall, gracious canopy that will arch over both the existing museum and the new fly. Outdoor fine art installations will exist woven into the areas surrounding the museum.

"Our family is so honored to be able to bring Western American art to Tacoma and to share it with you," said Liliane Haub, who was at the event representing the Haub Family, whose donations have helped make the building expansion and the Haub Family Galleries a reality. "Nosotros are making a dwelling away from habitation for the art drove."

The Haub Family's donation of approximately 280 works of Western American art, appear in July 2012, will transform Tacoma Art Museum into i of the leading museums in the country featuring Western American fine art.

With a drum roll and roaring applause, Tacoma Art Museum raised the final steel beam into place Wednesday afternoon for its building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. As is building tradition, the beam, signed by supporters of the museum and community members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and then lifted high into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Avenue. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA ART MUSEUM)
With a drum roll and roaring adulation, Tacoma Art Museum raised the terminal steel axle into place Wed afternoon for its building expansion as function of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. Equally is edifice tradition, the axle, signed past supporters of the museum and community members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and so lifted loftier into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Artery. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA Fine art MUSEUM)

To read theTacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of theTacoma Art Museum's expansion project, click on the following links:

  • Construction nether fashion on Tacoma Art Museum expansion project (Tacoma Daily Alphabetize, December 4, 2013)
  • Tacoma Art Museum breaks ground on $15.5M expansion project (Tacoma Daily Index, September 5, 2013)
  • Tacoma Fine art Museum awarded $2M for expansion projection (Tacoma Daily Alphabetize, August fourteen, 2013)
  • $15.5M Tacoma Art Museum expansion groundbreaking anniversary Sept. 5 (Tacoma Daily Index, August 13, 2013)
  • Tacoma Fine art Museum unveils design for $15.5M renovation (Tacoma Daily Index, April xviii, 2013)
  • EDB picks Top 10 Tacoma, Pierce County projects (Tacoma Daily Index, March iv, 2013)
  • Tacoma Art Museum picks curator for new Haub Collection (Tacoma Daily Alphabetize, February ane, 2013)
  • Tacoma Art Museum picks contractor for expansion projection (Tacoma Daily Index, September 28, 2012)
  • New drove, wing for Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma Daily Index, July 9, 2012)
  • TAM selects Seattle firms for Pacific Avenue plaza redesign (Tacoma Daily Alphabetize, Oct thirty, 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)

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