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

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Art museum officials announce Tuesday that in late October or early November the museum will shut downthe 55,000-square-foor main building so its galleries and other spaceds can be upgraded. The building opened in 1931. The 33,000-square-foo Ross Wing, a 1970s-era buildingf connected to the older, more prominent main museumj wing, will remain open and will continue to hostspeciall exhibitions, spokeswoman Nancy Colvin “This is not due to the or to our budget or she said. The closure is expected to last at leasfta year. The museum, which employd 64 full-time employees and 45 will return to its current staffing levels following the Colvin said.
Renovation plans have long called for the main building tobe closed, but employees who will lose theire jobs were informed of the job cuts she said. “Anyone affected is more than welcomerdto reapply” following the renovations, Colvijn said. The work on the 1931 museum building and work on an outbuildintg at the museum have a price tag ofabout $10 The next phase of work at the museum, expectes to begin in 2011, will shut down the Ross Wing, whichb will then be renovated.