Art museum undergoes renovation
■The project will double the
size of the museum, which
won’t open again until 2003
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
On the outside, the University
Museum of Art may look deserted,
but on the inside workers are busy
packing for its future.
The museum, which closed to
the public Sept. 3, is currently be
ing readied for a $12 million reno
vation project that will more than
double the size of the building.
Funding will come from state
bonds and private gifts, and con
struction is scheduled to begin at
the end of summer 2001.
In the meantime, staff and students
are hard at work cataloguing, num
bering, and photographing approxi
mately 12,500 pieces of artwork be
fore they can be moved into storage.
“For me, it’s very exciting to go
through the inventory of the collec
tion and put my hands on each
piece, many of which are over 70
years old.” said Jean Nattinger, as
sistant registrar at the museum.
Nattinger is one of the five mem
bers of the staff who are involved in
the packing process. The staff in
cludes students, interns and docents.
“We have to be very careful, it’s
not like packing your apartment to
move across town,” Nattinger said.
“Some pieces are easy to pack and
others will take several days.”
Packing will take about 10
months, and once it is completed,
ground-breaking is scheduled to
begin. The entire renovation will
take between 12 and 14 months.
The construction will add
38.000 square feet to the existing
32.000 square foot building by go
ing out the back and making a U
wrap around the existing courtyard.
According to Christie McDonald,
r
Dan Brunell Emerald
Rick Gehrke (left) and Hall O’Regan (right) pack a Japanese Edo period festival doll Wednesday. The University Museum of Art will re
open after the restoration in Spring 2003.
director of external affairs and devel
opment at the Museum of Art, the ex
tra space will mean the museum can
display more collections at one time.
“Only 3 to 5 percent of our col
lection can be displayed in our ex
isting building," she said. “With
the new building, that figure will go
up to about 10 to 12 percent.”
A portion of the new space will
also be dedicated to the Northwest
art collection and space for visiting
exhibits. Both the old and new
buildings will be equipped with a
special climate control system for
the art work.
In addition to extra space, the
renovation will provide facilities
where special events can be hosted.
“There will be education suites
for K-12 grade education, study gal
leries where scholars and students
can come to study the collections, a
new cafe and a new store,” McDon
ald said.
After completion in November
2002, McDonald said it will take
three to six months to get every
thing in place. Once the museum’s
doors open to the public again in
Spring 2003, a one-month celebra
tion will follow.
But just because the museum
building will be closed for almost
three years, it doesn’t mean that it
will not continue activities. McDon
ald said the Education Department
is still providing outreach programs
with K-12 graders, and in January a
lecture series will begin on how to
collect and understand art.
“We will [continue] until we are
back in the building,” McDonald
said.
The only difference is that
groups will not be able to tour the
museum, she said.
“None of the curriculum will
change,” Museum Outreach Coordi
nator Deborah Carl said. “Our pro
grams that reach the community will
just be expanded.” Despite all the
hard work, the members of the muse
um staff are excited about the
future.” We’re really sad that we have
to be closed for that long,” said Muse
um Director Del Hawkins. “It is really
a magical place, but when it is done,
it will add to the expertise of students
and impact the community.”
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