From the Ground Up: Springfield Art Museum

Owner/developer: Springfield Art Museum/City of Springfield

General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction Inc.

Architect: Paul Marti Associates Architects (St. Louis); Marshall-Waters-Woody Associates Inc.

Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; Larson Engineering (St. Louis), structural; McClure Engineering (St. Louis), mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 9,896-square-foot addition

Estimated cost: $3.5 million

Lender: None

Estimated completion date: June

Project description: This addition to the 35,000-square-foot Springfield Art Museum is being funded through donations, including a $200,000 gift from Southwest Missouri Museum Associates. Additions include a gift shop, library, entrance hall, restrooms and three galleries, according to museum Director Jerry Berger. The new space will be climate-controlled to help preserve the museum’s 9,000-piece, $5 million collection. Future renovations could include heating, ventilation and air-conditioning upgrades to the existing building, which was constructed in 1958.

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