City CouncilTuesday, November 3
The City Council accepted a $31,282,240 Phase 2 price for the Springfield Art Museum project
The Daily Springfield team
The Springfield Art Museum is heading into the second and final phase of its renovation and expansion. At its Oct. 26 meeting, the City Council accepted a guaranteed maximum price for Phase 2 from Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, which also oversaw Phase 1. The final cost may still change as city staff look for savings through a "value engineering process."
The museum project's price tags
- $31,282,240
- guaranteed maximum price for Phase 2
- $58,515,796
- total construction contract
- $67,345,707
- current project budget
- $500,000
- funding gap to close
Sources: Springfield Daily Citizen, KSMU Radio
- Finish: July 2028, pushed back from January 2028
- Added space: about 20,000 square feet
- Phase 1 began: early 2025
- Funding: Spring Forward SGF sales tax, bonds, donations, state appropriation
Museum Director Nick Nelson blamed the delay on structural steel and other specialty materials. He also said he is confident the gap can be addressed.
The expansion will add about 20,000 square feet to a 50,000-square-foot museum
Floor area of the museum's expansion, beside places you know
4 basketball courts would fit inside the museum's expansion
Source: Springfield Daily Citizen
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| Floor area | |
|---|---|
| The museum's expansion | 20,000 sq. ft. (New space) |
| The current museum building | 50,000 sq. ft. |
| A football field | 57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included) |
| A basketball court | 4,700 sq. ft. (NBA size) |
The museum foundation isn't done raising money. Executive director Kate Francis said that as recently as last week it formalized a six-figure naming opportunity with a Springfield native who now lives out of state.
Sources: Springfield Daily Citizen, KY3, KSMU Radio