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Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum

Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum

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The Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum was a museum proposed for North Adams, Massachusetts that plans to display model trains running through a landscape of notable modern architecture. Architect Frank Gehry has contracted to design the new museum, which will be located a few blocks away from the MASS MoCA modern art museum. Thomas Krens, former director of the Guggenheim Museum who oversaw the creation of the Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, and a Mass MoCA founder, is heading the creation of the new museum.[1][2][3]

The plan calls for an 83,000-square-foot museum to be built at an estimated cost to $65 million, featuring model trains running continuously past scale-models of buildings by notable architects including Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry.[4] It will be built on publicly owned land overlooking a disused rail freight yard; the proposed Museum holds an option to purchase the land.[1] About half of the financing is projected to come from state and local government funds allocated to support the growth of tourism, and half from private donations of which $2.5 million had been raised by August 2017.[1]

As of 2017 the projected opening date was 2020,[2] but as of February 2022 the new projected opening date is 2025.[5] As of January 2023 the project did not have a start date or funding finalized.[6]

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    Shanks, Adam (29 August 2017). "Famed architect Frank Gehry to design Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum". Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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    Chow, Andrew (3 September 2017). "Frank Gehry to Design Museum for Architectural Gems (and Model Trains)". New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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    Daniels, Tammy (20 February 2019). "Krens Railroad Museum Going for Main Street Impact". iBerkshires. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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    Gay, Malcolm (1 September 2017). "Architect Frank Gehry to design proposed museum". Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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    Jochem, Greta (11 February 2022). "When will North Adams see the Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum? A peek at the project's progress". The Berkshire Eagle.
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    Eagle, Greta Jochem, The Berkshire (2023-01-26). "Where will be Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum be built in North Adams? This well-known spot was discussed as a potential location". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2023-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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