Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
415 Columbus Avenue | also 200 Central Park West | Upper West Side | built 2022
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- 2016
The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approves the museum's Gilder Center annex
The American Museum of Natural History published plans in 2014 for a $325 million annex facing Columbus Avenue, named for the investor and philanthropist Richard Gilder. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the expansion on October 11, 2016. Building it would mean demolishing three museum buildings that dated from between 1874 and 1935.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019
Construction of the Gilder Center begins after neighbors object to building in Theodore Roosevelt Park
The museum filed plans for the annex in August 2017, but community opposition pushed the start of construction back to June 2019. The first scheme put the addition north of the existing museum, on part of Theodore Roosevelt Park. After objections to building in the park, the museum moved it to the west side of the complex and reduced its footprint.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
The Gilder Center opens and draws 1.5 million visitors in its first three months
The museum opened its new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation to the public on May 4, 2023. The addition has six floors above ground and one below, with a new accessible entrance on Columbus Avenue and more than 30 connections into the older museum buildings. The museum counted 1.5 million visitors over the following three months.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
Studio Gang builds the Gilder atrium from sprayed concrete, a method invented by museum naturalist Carl Akeley
Studio Gang, the firm led by Jeanne Gang, shaped the Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium as a space of arching walls, bridges and caverns that echo paths carved by wind and water. Much of it was formed by spraying concrete onto rebar with no formwork, a technique called shotcrete that the museum credits to its own naturalist and taxidermist Carl Akeley. The exterior is clad in Milford pink granite, the same stone as the museum's Central Park West entrance.
Source: amnh.org
- 2023
The Gilder Center adds an insectarium, a butterfly vivarium and collections displayed floor to ceiling
New galleries in the Gilder Center include the Susan and Peter J. Solomon Family Insectarium and the Davis Family Butterfly Vivarium. The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core shows specimens in floor-to-ceiling displays, and Invisible Worlds is an immersive experience about hidden connections in nature. The building also contains the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Research Library and Learning Center.
Source: amnh.org
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