You only have 30 days to visit N.C. Museum of Art before it temporarily closes
5 Aug
I’m worried that a lot of people don’t realize the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh will temporarily close on Sept. 7 and won’t reopen until April 2010.
The museum is shutting its doors so it can prepare for the opening of its expansion: a 127,000 square-foot building that will house the museum’s permanent collection. The existing building will shut down so that crews can move and install more than 750 works of art into the new galleries. The museum put out a press release today reminding people to squeeze a visit in before the museum closes.
As works of art come off the walls, many will go into the conservation lab to be treated, cleaned, or reframed for their April debut. The lobby area of the current building will undergo renovations as well. For the safety of visitors and protection of the collection, the building cannot remain open during these critical operations.
You can still visit the museum’s 164-acre park while the museum is closed. Read more about the expansion here.
Concerts will still go one while the museum is closed. For instance, They Might Be Giants will be doing two concerts on Sept 19: a family one in the afternoon and a rock one in the evening. (I’ll be at both.)