CEG - Fri December 18, 2020
New $30M Expansion Ongoing at VA Museum of History & Culture
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC), at 428 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond, closed to the public Dec. 14 for its $30 million expansion and renovation project. The museum plans to remain shuttered until early April....
CHS Today - Mon December 07, 2020
Charleston, S.C.'s International African American Museum to Open in 2022
Recently, journalists took a hard hat construction tour of the nonprofit International African American Museum (IAAM) being built in Charleston, S.C., at the site of what once stood Gadsden's Wharf, the disembarkation point of up to 40 percent of all American slaves....
CEG - Thu October 01, 2020
Construction Set to Begin on Bruce Museum Expansion in Greenwich, Conn.
Greenwich, Conn.'s, Bruce Museum has scheduled an Oct. 8 groundbreaking ceremony for the beginning of construction on a three-story, 43,000-sq.-ft. addition. Following the recent success of its ongoing, community-wide fundraising effort, leaders of the "Campaign for the New Bruce" announced Sept....
Associated Press - Tue June 02, 2020
Oregon Man Gifts $2 Million for Museum Construction
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) In the midst of a lot of bad news, here's a nice change of pace. A former forester and forest conservation advocate from Oregon has bequeathed roughly $2 million to shine a light at the end of a long tunnel to an elusive National Conservation Legacy Center in Missoula....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 05, 2019
George Lucas Museum Moves Toward Final Act
The spirit of Star Wars is taking form in a huge $1.5 billion spacecraft-like structure called the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. The futuristic museum building is even being built using highly modern equipment, including robots and drones....
Business Wire - Tue October 08, 2019
Arlington, Texas Selected for Medal of Honor Museum
The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation announced today that, following a national search launched in October 2018, Arlington, Texas has been selected by the Foundation's Board of Directors as the site for the future National Medal of Honor Museum....
SR Construction - Wed July 31, 2019
Las Vegas's Neon Museum Names GC for Expansion
SR Construction recently was named the general contractor of the upcoming expansion project for the Neon Museum. The expansion will consist of renovating and repurposing the Reed Whipple Community Center to be used by the Neon Museum....
Associated Press - Thu January 17, 2019
Pearl Harbor Submarine Museum Begins $20M Update Project
Officials broke ground on a $20 million revitalization and expansion project for the Pearl Harbor campus of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park. The project, which is expected to be complete in April 2020, will add new exhibits and about 3,000 sq....
BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press - Wed December 26, 2018
After Delays, Egypt's New Mega-Museum Set to Open in 2020
CAIRO (AP) — On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs. The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt's ancient treasures while drawing tourists to help fund its future development....
Associated Press - Wed November 07, 2018
Building to Resume on Oklahoma American Indian Museum
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Construction is expected to resume in January on the long-delayed American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Blake Wade, CEO of the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority that is building the museum, told The Oklahoman that the fund to finish construction has $50 million....
