Swake
02-04-2016, 12:51 PM
This is part of the Vision package, but it's a huge expansion of the Museum and should have it's own thread.
This project will match $75 million in Vision funds with $50 million from private donors and The University of Tulsa (who manages the museum) for a total $125 million project that will add 100,000 square feet to the museum. Today Gilcrease can only display 2% of it's $2 billion collection, this project will bring a lot of very valuable art and artifacts out of storage.
To compare, the Walton family backed Crystal Bridges Museum in NW Arkansas has a collection worth 1/10th of what Gilcrease has.
https://gilcrease.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hero_vision_1440x450_1-1140x356.jpg
https://gilcrease.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vision-Presentation_final4.pdf
This project will match $75 million in Vision funds with $50 million from private donors and The University of Tulsa (who manages the museum) for a total $125 million project that will add 100,000 square feet to the museum. Today Gilcrease can only display 2% of it's $2 billion collection, this project will bring a lot of very valuable art and artifacts out of storage.
To compare, the Walton family backed Crystal Bridges Museum in NW Arkansas has a collection worth 1/10th of what Gilcrease has.
https://gilcrease.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hero_vision_1440x450_1-1140x356.jpg
https://gilcrease.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vision-Presentation_final4.pdf