MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY
Little Rock, AR
PROJECT
Musuem
TYPE
Renovation & Addition
SIZE
42,690 SF
COMPLETION DATE
January 2012
13 years after AMR designed the 1996 Museum of Discovery, the facility was in need of a face-lift as well as additional space. Thanks to funding from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the redesign, renovation and addition of the museum ws made possible. Phase I involved the relocation of staff offices and Phase II transformed the loading dock into a new street-front entrance and gift shop. Existing exhibit areas were also demolished and given complete renovations.
The Helix Wave, a kinetic sculpture designed by Reuben Heyday Margolin, floats above The Great Hall at the Museum of Discovery.
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Project Team:
Contractor - East-Harding, Inc.
Structural - ECI
Mechanical - Pettit & Pettit Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Plumbing - Pettit & Pettit Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Electrical - Pettit & Pettit Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Client - Museum of Discovery
Museum Consultant - Science Museum of Minnesota
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