New York's African Art Museum Scales Down Plans
- July 23, 2014 12:06
After repeatedly postponing completion of a new home facing Central Park, the Museum for African Art has reduced the budget and downsized ambitious design plans amid stagnant fundraising,The New York Times writes.
The museum, which has occupied several small spaces around New York City since its founding in 1984, has spent 17 years on efforts to take a place along Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile. The $135-million project budget has now been slashed by nearly a third.
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