Post by Logan on Apr 22, 2016 0:21:39 GMT -6
Bell Museum to break ground Friday on new museum and planetarium building
After more than 75 years at the heart of the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, the Bell Museum of Natural History is moving on. It will officially break ground Friday for a new $79.2 million complex near the State Fairgrounds that will be a northern gateway to the U’s St. Paul campus.
Renamed the Bell Museum + Planetarium, the new facility will have a 120-seat domed planetarium/theater, expanded galleries, interactive exhibitions, traditional dioramas and up-to-the-minute technology.
The 5-acre site will be landscaped with native Minnesota trees and plants, rainwater ponds, and a pollinator garden for the museum’s bees.
“One of the biggest things is we’re bringing a public planetarium back to the Twin Cities where there hasn’t been one for years,” said Steven Lott, the museum’s chief operating officer. “And, boring as it is, we’ll finally have our own parking with 122 spaces where people can come and walk right into the building.”
Read more: www.startribune.com/bell-museum-to-break-ground-friday-on-new-museum-and-planetarium-building/376650241/
After more than 75 years at the heart of the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, the Bell Museum of Natural History is moving on. It will officially break ground Friday for a new $79.2 million complex near the State Fairgrounds that will be a northern gateway to the U’s St. Paul campus.
Renamed the Bell Museum + Planetarium, the new facility will have a 120-seat domed planetarium/theater, expanded galleries, interactive exhibitions, traditional dioramas and up-to-the-minute technology.
The 5-acre site will be landscaped with native Minnesota trees and plants, rainwater ponds, and a pollinator garden for the museum’s bees.
“One of the biggest things is we’re bringing a public planetarium back to the Twin Cities where there hasn’t been one for years,” said Steven Lott, the museum’s chief operating officer. “And, boring as it is, we’ll finally have our own parking with 122 spaces where people can come and walk right into the building.”
Read more: www.startribune.com/bell-museum-to-break-ground-friday-on-new-museum-and-planetarium-building/376650241/