FACT SHEET: THE NEW MEADOWS MUSEUM

• The new Meadows Museum will be a two-story collegiate Georgian red brick building of approximately 66,000 square feet. (The current museum has 11,000 square feet.)

• The new museum is designed by Chicago-based architects Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge.

• The main façade of the new Meadows Museum will face Bishop Boulevard. It will be centered by five two-story arches opening onto a loggia that will serve as the entrance.

• The first floor will include an education area with orientation room, studio, seminar room, distance-learning studio, and auditorium.

• Additional first-floor spaces will house a centrally placed grand staircase, a large special events space, a museum shop, a founder's room, and a dining facility.

• The second floor will be devoted to art. The north half of this level will be dedicated to the Meadows Collection. In the south half, there will be a 4,000-square-foot area display for special exhibitions.

• Additional second-floor plans include a suite for works on paper, comprising three exhibition galleries, a study room and specialized storage areas.

• Underground parking will provide all-weather access for museum visitors.

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Related information:

• Main Meadows Museum release
• Fact Sheet on the new Meadows Museum
  
• Fact Sheet on Collections and Holdings
  
• Background Information: The Meadows Museum
  
• Background Information: The Architectural Firm Of Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge
  
• Timeline: Meadows Museum
  
• Quotes about The Meadows Collection and Algur H. Meadows
  
• Meadows Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibition In New Building: "Poetics Of Movement: The Architecture Of Santiago Calatrava"
  
• Linda Pitts Custard To Lead Opening Events Of New Meadows Museum At SMU
  
• Southern Methodist University: Meadows School Of The Arts
  
• The Meadows Foundation
• Persons Available To Speak About The Meadows Museum And Its Permanent Collection Of Spanish Art

Additional visuals:

• Photos of Meadows Museum's Permanent Collection
  
• Photos of the work of Santiago Calatrava
• Photos of people related to the museum opening