| This $40.5 million, 85,000 sf complex located in downtown Roanoke, Virginia houses the museum's permanent collection of 19th and early 20th century American paintings, African art, Southern decorative arts and contemporary art. The exterior design of the building draws from the surrounding landscape with an undulating roofline of stainless steel and glass combined with angular exterior stone walls. The facility will house considerably larger exhibition and education spaces, including an expanded Art Venture, the children's interactive gallery and art center as well as a flexible programming/theater space, a multi-purpose auditorium, a research library, a book and gift shop, a studio classroom, a works on paper study room and a café with indoor and outdoor seating. A spacious atrium will provide a meeting place for the community as well as a premier venue for special events. |
