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New Mexico Museum of Art to add a new Contemporary Museum

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The New Mexico Museum will celebrate its 100th anniversary later this year, with a new Contemporary Museum that it is hoped will bring ‘huge’ economic benefits to the state. 

The new annex is to be located a few blocks away from the existing New Mexico Museum of Art which was built over 100 years ago.

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The Kansas City Star reports that Albuquerque-based architectural firm DNCA + StudioGP has been chosen to design the transformation of a former state records building into a contemporary art space.

‘Huge’ economic benefits have been cited for the new Contemporary Museum.  According to Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s Dan Perry these include $100 million in new wages, and a further $90 million in new taxes which will go to the state and city.

The Contemporary Museum is expected to open in 2020.

Images courtesy of the New Mexico Museum of Art.

https://krqe.com/2017/07/06/new-mexico-museum-of-art-plans-to-open-second-location/

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