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# EEZiaiHHBi "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," 7:30 p.m. Jan 13-14, Koger Center. Mountain Express, today, Village Idiot Monday, January 12,1998 * . <2NQl? V Columbia M relocate to & staff tenter SHANNON E. MOTLEY vi tr The Columbia Museum of Art is ^ packing up and moving. After 48 years in the Thomas Tay- tii lor house on the corner of Bull and Senate streets, the museum is saying good- gr bye to the historic house and hello to the vacant Mac/s building on Main wj 0 Street. ga The Thomas Taylor location's last day of operation will be May 3, and the eJ( staff and collections will then move to er Main Street. The new location will open W( Jiilv 19. The nlnnetnriiim however. will remain open until June 1. ^ Suzanne Flowers, the museum's g_ director of marketing and public relations, said the museum had outgrown w the current building. a ^ "We have expanded all we can," br * Flowers said. "This historical home had pi been converted into a museum, but it was never intended to be a museum." ne Flowers said the popular museum hi is limited on exhibits to bring in and has limited storage space. She also said ^ that by moving the museum to the j downtown area, they're helping the ^ city's need to renovate and revitalize Main Street. "We want to bring people back to ^ 0 Main Street," Flowers said. The grand opening gala will be a ac two-day affair. At this time, admission will be free. ^ "There will be something for all ju ages," Flowers said. "It will give peo- fo pie a chance to see the new museum." The relocation project cost about Bj $16 million. The City of Columbia do- of nated the land and the building, a $4- ro ? million value. Richland County pro- ar - # ( All All T # 3)' th(Z fir useum of Art to p lain Street buildii ded more than $3.5 million in con- School children v> ibutions, including a bond referen- museum experience in 1 lm. Private funds and donations to- Room with a multimedi led more than $7.6 million. At this This room also will feati me, only $700,000 more is needed, murals created by the Before the public opening, Flow- renowned artist Christ s said, there will be a dinner for the The children also w ajor donors. The museum members Education Gallery, anc ill have a sneak-peek membership borrow materials froc ila Friday night. Teacher Resource Cent Blowers said the name of the main The Adult Studio hibit will not be announced until latr tic workshops to the pub this month, although she did say it bers. ould be a two-year display. The exhibition ga The new building will have more a first-floor temporary, an 20,000 square feet of exhibition It will have a minimum lace, compared to the 7,000 square feet and a maximum c et available in the current facility. It feet. This space will ha ill house classrooms, an art studio, ings and hardwood floe 160-seat public auditorium, an art li- The second-floor g ary, a cafe, a museum shop and a the Renaissance and Ba iblic reception space. and the home of the Sai As for the physical features of the lection, sw museum, Flowers said everything The galleries for is changed. 19th-century art will b "There will be windows all along detailed with other appr ain Street," Flowers said. This dis- The rear of the mus ay will show such items as gifts from 0ffices anchored by Caro e museum gift shop and art from the The museum staff offici ildren's art galleries. Main Street She said the front of the Mac^s "Our fastest-growii lilding was demolished and will be g^p [s the contempor ?me to the Main Street Plaza, an area said of the 20-to-40-ye? cessible to pedestrians. ,, . . m. m, , .,, , . . . Museum admis There will be a Children s Activi- Wednesdays. Regular j Center, a studio/classroom designed aduitS) $i.50 for studei st for young people's safety and com- and to children undi rt- bers. Yearly membershi Performances offered through the for singles and $45 for iker & Baker Concert Series will be For more informs fered in the new auditorium. This 2810. om offers state-of-the-art equipment id acoustics. i Nice . :afe' < I70's ' he Time IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IT IS AGAIHS1 Etc. The Gamecock lleries include flexible space. After more than Y?? of4,000 square ?Pen its Main street loca' >f 7,000 square Planetarium" ive 13-foot ceil- ????? irs Mntipf f alleries include IfXV/llvtt JL roque Galleries nuel Kress Col- staff writerSHMMOH E. MO the 18th- and The Columbia Museum e carpeted and ute to the Thomas Taylor h opriate accents. The house has been the jeum will house The museum is moving lina First bank. ing on Main Street in July, es will overlook toric building will be "Evoluti in the Thomas Taylor House tig membership Suzanne Flowers, direc aries," Flowers relations for the museum, sa ir-olds. the museum's past in the hit is ion is free "It includes photograpl >rices are $2 for new museum, major acquisi its and seniors ers said. er six and mem- The show also includes p prices are $25 renowned artist Claude Mor families. painting in 1964. ition, call 799- ?XT . , , ' Not many people know said. fo* \set co\ Prodethe^l HAPPY BUS! \ to College Night ' every Tuesday ^Xall for Pick Ups! i r THE LAW TO PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. ALL Fine Broach* http/A B ?vanv- ? -aw#? ? ^a>fttMM*ft *>wttjMSSSttfe MB I ^ ^ B '"" . M I I I lM ? i of planning and $16 million of spending, the Co Lion July 18. The museum holds 6,000 pieces or iistoric home on < TLEY During the llilllfpP 1950s and '60s, of Arfs new exhibit, a trib- the art museum ouse, will open January 17. acquired large museum's home since 1950. additions of meto the former Macy^s build- dieval, Renai sThe final exhibit in the hi^ ??" IfcfP ion of a Dream: Five Decades e ar0.|[Ut.' i n from the Kress v:-:; Foundation in ?||if *? :tor of marketing and public New York. This iid this exhibit is a tribute to collection is the Thomas storic home. nucleus of an is, blueprints, plans for the important Eutions for each decade," Flow- ropean art collection.' The museum also hous i the museum's painting by not on display because of t let. The museum bought the The Age of Bronze is USC professor Dr. Richard r we have a Monet," Flowers The Age of Bronze and on display until the final n SUNO, a i y hi vice Industry I 18 - over w"\yard? \of beer! / *41ST $2 refills j J f Sundays onlyj ABC REGULATIONS ENFORCED. 114 1 out about one of /ay/ hottest musicals. vww*itefciirrent.com Page 5 '-fry ^ y&P <&&&-^:: yy^vg SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK >lumbia Museum of Art will art and also houses Gibbs display s Sully, Blancb and Rosalie Columbia Museum of Art ses a collection of Tiffany Glass ;he move. from the private collection of : Man dell. 1 the Evolution exhibits will be love to the new building. 8^1 r