Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum

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The Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum was a museum proposed for North Adams, Massachusetts that plans to display model trains running through a landscape of notable modern architecture. Architect Frank Gehry has contracted to design the new museum, which will be located a few blocks away from the MASS MoCA modern art museum. Thomas Krens, former director of the Guggenheim Museum who oversaw the creation of the Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, and a Mass MoCA founder, is heading the creation of the new museum. [1] [2] [3]

The plan calls for an 83,000-square-foot museum to be built at an estimated cost to $65 million, featuring model trains running continuously past scale-models of buildings by notable architects including Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry. [4] It will be built on publicly owned land overlooking a disused rail freight yard; the proposed Museum holds an option to purchase the land. [1] About half of the financing is projected to come from state and local government funds allocated to support the growth of tourism, and half from private donations of which $2.5 million had been raised by August 2017. [1]

As of 2017 the projected opening date was 2020, [2] but as of February 2022 the new projected opening date is 2025. [5] As of January 2023 the project did not have a start date or funding finalized. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shanks, Adam (August 29, 2017). "Famed architect Frank Gehry to design Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum". Berkshire Eagle . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Chow, Andrew (September 3, 2017). "Frank Gehry to Design Museum for Architectural Gems (and Model Trains)". The New York Times . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Daniels, Tammy (February 20, 2019). "Krens Railroad Museum Going for Main Street Impact". iBerkshires. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Gay, Malcolm (September 1, 2017). "Architect Frank Gehry to design proposed museum". Boston Globe. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Jochem, Greta (February 11, 2022). "When will North Adams see the Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum? A peek at the project's progress". The Berkshire Eagle.
  6. ↑ Eagle, Greta Jochem, The Berkshire (January 26, 2023). "Where will be Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum be built in North Adams? This well-known spot was discussed as a potential location". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved October 25, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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