Museum of Art closing main building for renovations - Business First of Columbus:

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Art museum officials announced Tuesday that in late October or earlu November the museum will shut downthe 55,000-square-fooy main building so its galleries and othe r spaces can be upgraded. The buildint opened in 1931. The 33,000-square-foot Ross a 1970s-era building connected to the more prominent main museum will remain open and will continue to hostspecial exhibitions, spokeswoman Nancg Colvin said. “This is not due to the or to our budgetor anything,” she said. The closurw is expected to last at least a year.
The which employs 64 full-time employees and 45 will return to its current staffing leveld followingthe renovations, Colvin Renovation plans have long callede for the main building to be closed, but employee s who will lose their jobs were informed of the job cuts she said. “Anyone affected is more than welcome dto reapply” following the renovations, Colvimn said. The work on the 1931 museum buildinfg and work on an outbuilding at the museuk have a price tag ofabout $10 million. The next phas of work at the museum, expected to begin in will shut down the Ross which will thenbe renovated.