Museum of Russian Icons - New Construction and Expansion

New Construction and Expansion

Clinton's 150-year-old former courthouse and police station, featuring the original Civil War era goal cells with iron bar grilles, adjacent to the mill was acquired in 2010. Renovation began the following year. The space features a state of the art auditorium and multi-use workshop area designed by David and Pam Durrant of the Town of Harvard. Prominently featured is a new Russian tea room, with glittering stone pilasters, glass walls, and a coffrered ceiling evoking the Imperial style of pre Revolutionary Russia. By the time this phase of the new construction was completed in summer 2011, the Museum has doubled in size. The building is powered by solar panels integrated into the roof system, yielding a sizeable proportion of the electricity needs of the building.

Completed in 2010 a new special exhibition room was created adjacent to the main building of the Museum. Connected to the original structure by a new and glamorous Gift Shop, the space features a restored historic court room painted a rich red and lit by long windows. Outside the space is a summer terrace overlooking the 19th century factory buildings of the Nypro Inc. headquarters. The roof features a new green technology utilizing a vegetative cover that insulates the rooms below.

In 2009, less than three years after opening its doors, the Museum of Russian Icons broke ground on a major expansion project. The new space includes a new gallery, auditorium, library, and office space.