The American Museum Journal 



Vol. XI 



MAY, 1911 



No. .". 



PLANS FOR EXTENSION OF THE MUSEUM 



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WITH tliis niiiiilicr is presented ;i i)re!iniiiiary stn<l.\ !>> Messrs. 

 Tr()\vl)ri(l«i-e and l-i\ in^stoii, architects, t'oi' tlie new Mast 

 l'"aea(le of the Miiseuin. facinu ('eiiti-a! I'ark. 'I'he desii^n has 

 not l)ccn a(h)pted either \)\ tlie ( Onnnittee on Huilchnjis and Phinsor hy the 

 Trustees, hnt its jjreparation at this staye is welconu'd because of the oppor- 

 tunity which it atfords for a ])ro!oni;-ed and careful consideration of the artistic 

 re(iuirenient.s of a uioiniinenta! l)ui!(Hni;', and of the scientific and ('(hicational 

 re(|uirenients of ideally related exhibits within this l)uiidin.i;'. The desii;n 

 for the Ivist I"'acade conteni])lates the future incori)oration of the .Muscntn 

 within the genera! desiiiii of Central Park by the construction of a l)road 

 entrance roadway from the West l)ri\'c. lltiiuately, no doubt, the lower 

 reservoir in ("entra! I'ark will l)e reino\e(l and an a\('iuic of approach will 

 connect the east and west sides of the Park and thus iniite the Museuni of 

 Science with its sister Museuni of Art at I'aghty-second Street. Tliis is in 

 the far future, but ncxcrthclcss it deseiwcs the early consideration of ail 

 those who are interested in the artistic ui-owth of what is prol)al)!y destined 

 to he the greatest city of the world. 



In the design of this Eastern Facade, the architects ha\(' cndcaNored to 

 retain the general Kouiancs(|ue arcliitecture of the Southern I''acade. while 

 modifying it in the direction of greater simplicity. It is obxious that a 

 building of the vast ])roportions coiiteni])lated in the original j)!ans of 

 Calvert \'au\ in bSTl and authorized by the Legislature in connection with 

 the setting aside of Manhattan S(|uarc, nnist ha\c an entrance of monu- 

 mental size, and that this entrance must ha\e a bi-oad and dignified a\cmie 

 of api)roach. 



The Museum will iiiii> lia\c three eiitiaiices. On Sundays and holidays 

 whiii j)eople come in large numi)ers from the direction of the Paik, the 

 Mastcrn Kntrance will be most conNcnient togcthei- with the present 



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