Checking in at the Queens Museum Renovation

We checked up on the Queens Museum at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, just before its opening celebration on Saturday, November 9th. The space is undergoing a $68,000,000 renovation and expansion which includes new galleries, artists studio, event spaces and a grand total of 105,000 square feet. Pictured above, the entryway facing Grand Central Parkway. Grimshaw Architects totally redesigned the facade; once it’s complete it will be illuminated and very glassy. (See a rendering here.) Grimshaw designed a second new entrance, complete with an expanded outdoor space, on the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park side of the structure. This entrance will serve as a direct entry to and from the park, allowing visitors easy access to both the surrounding green space and the museum itself. Both entrances will be connected by a new, skylit atrium. Click through for lots more exterior shots, including the progress on the entrance facing the park.

The Queens Museum Sets Opening Date [Q’Stoner]

The new drop-off plaza:

Where the museum faces the park:

Expanded outdoor space facing the park: