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| Städel Museum (exterior). Photograph courtesy of Städel Museum. |
Städel Museum to Begin Renovation and Expansion
By STAN PARCHIN
August 24, 2009
The Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany will begin its planned €40 million ($57 million) renovation and expansion in September 2009. Once completed, its exhibition space will nearly double from 43,000 to 75,000 square feet. A new gallery designed by Schneider+Schumacher will be built beneath the museum's garden.
During construction, an exhibition of the Städel Museum's 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculptures by 70 artists will travel to the Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne, Switzerland and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Many of the museum's Dutch and Flemish paintings will appear in Bilbao, Spain, Tokyo and other cities in Japan.