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. 

View the video to see and learn more.

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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