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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.'
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let. The museum bought the The Age of Bronze is
USC professor Dr. Richard
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