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post updated July 17, 2024

New American Museum Buildings

This page contains a selection of major American museum buildings, with links to individual project pages. The focus is on interesting contemporary US museums.

American Museum Buildings : main page with key buildings + new designs (this page)

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USA Museum Building – Latest Designs

US Museum Architecture – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

July 17, 2024
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Architects: Snøhetta

photo : Casey Dunn
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin

December 15, 2021
North Carolina Museum of Art to Host Exhibition on Architect Phil Freelon, NC

photo © Mark Herboth Photography. Courtesy of Perkins & Will
North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition

Oct 26, 2021
Puller Gallery, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois, Wyoming
Design: Roto

photo : Jay Rosenblatt Photography
Puller Gallery, Dubois, Wyoming
The new 40,000 sqft Puller Gallery at the recently opened National Museum of Military Vehicles reimagines the traditional military museum by immersing visitors in the stories of Vietnam and Korean War service members through dynamic, interactive experiences created by leading design-build firm Roto.

Sep 7, 2018
Topaz Museum, Delta, Utah
Design: Sparano + Mooney Architecture

photography : Brian Buroker and Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Topaz Museum in Delta
The Topaz Museum building is an 8000 sqft cultural facility that provides information and interpretation regarding the internment of more than 11,000 Japanese Americans that occurred during WWII at the nearby Topaz Internment Camp site.

Jul 23, 2018
Glenstone Museum Pavilions, Potomac, Maryland
Design: Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer and Partners

photo: Iwan Baan ; Courtesy: Glenstone Museum
Glenstone Museum Pavilions
An installation surveying the breadth of its internationally renowned collection will be one of the inaugural presentations in its new building, the Pavilions, opening to the public on October 4, 2018.

Jun 30, 2018
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami, Florida – Shortlisted at World Architecture Festival Awards 2018
Design: Grimshaw

photo courtesy of architects
Miami Museum of Science Building

Jun 16, 2018
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Design: Civitas, Inc. Architects

photographer : Art Howard, courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art and Civitas, Inc.
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park
What started as an exercise in reimagining the future of the museum has transformed a former Raleigh, NC, prison site into an engaging experiment in extroverting the art museum into something altogether new.

May 19, 2018
Museum at the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
Design: James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) with Trivers Associates

photo © Earthcam/Gateway Arch Park Foundation
Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis
Significant expansion and renovation of the Museum of Westward Expansion, directly below the iconic Gateway Arch, Eero Saarinen-designed by celebrated 20th Century US architect Eero Saarinen.

Apr 22, 2018
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Architect: WHY Architecture

photograph © Steve Hall @ Hedrich Blessing
Grand Rapids Art Museum Building
GRAM is home to one of the oldest museums in the Mid-West, with high-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)certification.

Feb 19, 2018
SPYSCAPE Museum, 928 8th Avenue, New York City, NY
Architects: Adjaye Associates

photograph © Scott Frances for SPYSCAPE
SPYSCAPE Museum Building
A new global destination for espionage that combines educational programming with state-of-the-art interactive technology.

Contemporary American Museum Buildings in 2017

Dec 6, 2017
Statue of Liberty Museum Building, New York
Design: FXFOWLE Architects ; Exhibition Designer: ESI Design

image courtesy of FXFOWLE Architects
Statue of Liberty Museum Building
A new $70 million building on Liberty Island.

Sep 28, 2017
Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan, NYC
Design: David Adjaye Architect

image from architects office
Studio Museum Harlem Building

Aug 10, 2017
Visitor Center at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Queens, NY
Design: Caples Jefferson Architects

image courtesy of Caples Jefferson Architects
Louis Armstrong House Museum Visitor Center Building

May 20, 2017
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami, Florida
Architects: Grimshaw

image courtesy of architects
Miami Museum of Science, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum

Contemporary American Museum Buildings Archive

Contemporary American Museum Buildings from 2010 to 2016

Feb 5, 2016
New Norton Museum of Art Building, West Palm Beach, Miami, Florida
Design: Foster + Partners

image courtesy of Foster + Partners
New Norton Museum of Art Building

Feb 5, 2016
Westmoreland Museum, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Design: Ennead Architects

photo © Roy Engelbrecht
Westmoreland Museum Building
The new expansion and major renovation of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art has launched a new era for the Museum. The expansion is a striking counterpoint to the original neo-Georgian structure, marrying old and new.

Jul 18, 2013
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania – building news
Design: Susan T. Rodriguez of Ennead Architects

image from architects
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
The renovation and expansion of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, designed by Susan T. Rodriguez of Ennead Architects. The design creates a new face and identity for the original neo-Georgian building, which enhances the Museum’s link to the City.

Jan 29, 2013
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art – Store, Bentonville, Arkansas
Architect: Marlon Blackwell Architect

photograph : Timothy Hursley
Crystal Bridges Museum Arkansas
Located in the heart of the new Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art designed by architect Moshe Safdie in 2011 the museum store is an insertion by Marlon Blackwell Architect into an existing 3,040 sqft curved concrete space.

Nov 27, 2012
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, Long Island, NY
Design: Herzog & de Meuron

picture from Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
This 34,400 sqft building contains more than 2,600 works ranging from early 19th-century landscape paintings through American Impressionism and into the 20th and 21st centuries.

Mar 26, 2012
History Colorado Center, Denver, CO
Design: Tryba Architects

picture from Weitzman
Colorado Museum Building
The History Colorado Center, the nearly 200,000-square-foot, $110.8 million museum, will open to the public April 28 2012. New History Museum to Debut Work of Art By Steven Weitzman on Ground Floor.

Mar 2, 2012
Miami Museum of Science Building, Miami, Florida
Design: Grimshaw

image from architects
Miami Science Museum

Nov 14, 2012
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

photo Paul Warchol © 2012, Eli Broad
Latest Building at Michigan State University

Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
Design: Brooks + Scarpa

picture from architects
Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh

North Carolina Museum of Art Building, NC
Design: Thomas Phifer and Partners

picture © Scott Frances. Courtesy NCMA
North Carolina Museum of Art Building