The Boston Museum Project
The Boston Museum is a planned history museum for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The Museum will bring the region's 400-year history into focus, inspiring local residents and visitors from across the globe to explore Boston’s rich heritage, historic sites and cultural attractions. A 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) museum and marketplace concept is now in active development, with additional plans for a low-lying pedestrian bridge to serve as a gateway to the museum and a critical connector of park parcels along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. It will be located in the heart of downtown Boston, adjacent to the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Freedom Trail, and located near to Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The Boston Museum will collaborate and develop partnerships with schools, universities, libraries, museums, research institutes, and civic organizations. The museum promises to be a forum, a gateway for extending value to the community.
The planned building will be designed by Cambridge Seven Associates. The proposal includes five core exhibition galleries, a gallery for national touring exhibitions, an all-purpose theater space, educational spaces, a City Room, a groundfloor marketplace, and a green roof.
Since approximately March 2010, Rose Kennedy Greenway planners believed the Greenway was for natural attractions and not bulky buildings. Boston Museum planners, including CEO Frank Keefe is now looking for another location off the Greenway.
The museum has a nickname: "BoMu".
Read more about The Boston Museum Project: Plan, Core Galleries, Educational Mission, Board of Directors, National Advisory Committee, Project Consultants
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