Eli and Edythe Broad contributed another $2 million to assist with the projected $40 to $45 million construction costs for the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.
The 46,000 square foot contemporary art museum will be located on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Farm Lane in East Lansing and is being designed by
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. More than 69 percent of the three-level building will include gallery space.
The Broads have contributed $28 million to the project. Total private investment includes $33 million.
“Edye and I are pleased to expand our commitment to create a world-class art museum for MSU and the broader Lansing and central Michigan region,” says Broad. “This new museum, designed by one of the world’s leading architects, will become a contemporary art destination, and it extends our mission of enabling art to be seen by the broadest public.”
Michigan State University (MSU) will
break ground on the project March 16. Construction will take an estimated 23 months, with a targeted opening of 2012.
Source: MSU
Writer:
Ivy Hughes
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