The Boston Museum Project: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
RoyaltyBlue7 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
RoyaltyBlue7 (talk | contribs) ←Replaced content with 'In 2007, '''The Boston Museum''' changed its name (dropping "project"). Please visit The Boston Museum wikipedia page.' |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
In 2007, '''[[The Boston Museum]]''' changed its name (dropping "project"). Please visit [[The Boston Museum]] wikipedia page. |
|||
[[Image:BOMU.jpg|right]] |
|||
'''The Boston Museum''' is a planned [[Museum#History museums|history museum]] for the city of [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. If designated by the [[Massachusetts Turnpike Authority]], the Museum will be built on Parcel 9, adjacent to the [[Rose Kennedy Greenway]], [[Faneuil Hall]], the [[Quincy Market]], and abutting from the downtown Haymarket. The Boston Museum will build a pedestrian bridge on Parcel 12, which will directly connect the Greenway to the Museum. In October 2005 the [[Massachusetts Turnpike Authority]] designated the project as the official developer for Parcel 12. Rather then competing with other existing cultural institutions, the Museum will collaborate and develop partnerships with schools, universities, libraries, museums, research institutes, and civic organizations. The Museum promises to be a forum, a gateway for extending value to the community. |
|||
==Educational Mission== |
|||
What makes the Boston Museum one of its kind in New England is its mission to educational programming. As a civic and cultural institution, The Boston Museum will offer state-of-the-art educational programs. This summer will mark the third annual Summer Institute for Boston Public School Teachers. The 2009 institute is titled "Boston in Crisis: Desegregation and Busing of the 70's." The Museum is also continuing its work at the Umana Academy in East Boston. |
|||
==Board of Directors== |
|||
* '''Louis Miller''' - Boston Museum Board Chairman; Choate, Hall & Stewart |
|||
* '''Roger Berkowitz''' - President and CEO, Legal Sea Foods |
|||
* '''Janey Bishoff''' - Bishoff Communications |
|||
* '''Janice Bourque''' |
|||
* '''[[William M. Bulger]]''' - President Emeritus, University of Massachusetts |
|||
* '''[[Jill Ker Conway]]''' - President Emerita, Smith College |
|||
* '''Ralph Cooper''' - Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse |
|||
* '''Callie Crossley''' - WGBH Commentator |
|||
* '''Anne D. Emerson''' - President Emerita, Boston Museum |
|||
* '''David Feigenbaum''' - Senior Principal, Fish & Richardson |
|||
* '''John Fish''' - CEO, Suffolk Construction |
|||
* '''Ronald Lee Fleming''' - Founder, Townscape Institute |
|||
* '''Richard M. Freeland''' - Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education |
|||
* '''William Galatis''' - Dunkin' Brands Franchisee |
|||
* '''Perrin M. Grayson''', Esq. |
|||
* '''Frank Keefe''' - CEO, Boston Museum |
|||
* '''Don Law''' - President, Live Nation - New England |
|||
* '''Alyce J. Lee''' |
|||
* '''[[Tunney Lee]]''' - Professor Emeritus, Senior Lecturer, MIT |
|||
* '''Kevin McCall''' - CEO, Paradigm Properties |
|||
* '''Jane Manopoli Patterson''' |
|||
* '''James E. Rooney''' - Massachusetts Convention Center Authority |
|||
* '''William B. Tyler''' - Chairman Emeritus - Board; Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster |
|||
* '''James B. White''' - President Emeritus -Board; Elaw Corporation |
|||
* '''Linda Whitlock''' - Former Nicholas President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston |
|||
* '''J. David Wimberly''' - Chairman Emeritus, Frontier Capital Management |
|||
==Staff and Interns== |
|||
* '''Frank Keefe''', Chief Executive Officer, is a seasoned Boston developer and former State Secretary for Administration and Finance. As President of the Keefe Company since 1994, Frank Keefe lent his development expertise to a myriad of projects in the public and private sectors, from the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston to the Tsongas Arena in downtown Lowell and the Kerr Mill site in Fall River. He played a critical role in the development of the Salem State College campus, and led the conversion of the Baker Chocolate Mills in Dorchester into a residential community, a project that earned several awards for historic preservation. As Director of the Massachusetts Office of State Planning, he negotiated the two most important urban mixed use projects of the decade, Copley Place in Boston and Charles Square in Cambridge. Keefe has worked closely with city officials in many Massachusetts communities to revitalize downtown districts and bring federal aid to urban areas. In addition, Keefe has created development strategy for a broad range of institutions including Boston University, Lesley College, the New England Aquarium and McLean Hospital. He is a Boston area native and a resident of Dorchester. |
|||
* '''Kevin Holland''', Vice President, worked as a senior fundraiser at Harvard and MIT for 12 years before joining the Boston Museum. Kevin has a long-standing interest in education, having worked for several years in academic assessment, foreign exchange programs, and teaching. Kevin graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Florida State University and has completed graduate coursework at Harvard and MIT. |
|||
* '''Dan Brody''', Chief Financial Officer, has served in senior management positions in public and nonprofit organizations, including Deputy State Budget Director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Chief Financial Officer for Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Brody has an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Master of City Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. |
|||
* '''Katy Abel''', Director of Communications and Partnerships, is a communications professional with national and Boston area credentials in broadcast, print and on-line media. Katy was a reporter and program host at WHDH-TV. She also worked in Boston radio news at WBCN-FM and WBUR-FM. More recently, she headed program development for Al Roker's independent production company in New York, where she created, pitched and sold original program concepts to network television buyers. |
|||
* '''Stacey Queller''', Administrative Assistant, was a Museum University Student Educator at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, Florida prior to joining the Boston Museum. She also has worked abroad as a bilingual tour guide and as an art teacher at El Museo de Arte Costarricense in San Jose, Costa Rica. Queller has a strong interest in museum education and is currently pursuing her master's degree in Museum Studies at Harvard. |
|||
* '''Jeff Robinson''', Intern, is a Graduate Student in the Public History Program at the [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]. Robinson has created and developed many educational programs with civic and labor groups, as well as University organizations. At the Museum, Robinson co-coordinates educational institutes and other educational programs. He holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from [[Marywood University]]. |
|||
The planned building will be designed by [[Moshe Safdie]] and Associates and is estimated to cost 124 million dollars.<ref name="Safdie">{{cite news |
|||
|url=http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/05/27/history_via_the_greenway/ |
|||
|publisher=The Boston Globe |
|||
|title=History via the Greenway Moshe Safdie's $89m museum plan unveiled |
|||
|date=May 27, 2004 |
|||
}}</ref> The proposal includes exhibition galleries, theater spaces, a series of education and meeting rooms, a grand hall for large public meetings and a grand concourse. The building will also feature restaurants and an information center, as well as green space. |
|||
The Safdie Proposal has been superseded by a new plan calling for a different design due to Parcel 12 site conditions. The need to build over two highway ramps would add such additional cost that the Boston Museum Project is now seeking permission to construct a smaller alternate project on Parcel 9 "The Haymarket". Parcel 12 would be used as the site of a sculptural bridge leading pedestrian traffic across to be able to enter the museum or walk on toward North Station. |
|||
==External links== |
|||
* [http://www.bostonmuseum.org/index.shtml The Boston Museum Project website] |
|||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
Boston Museum seeks new site - The Boston Globe |
|||
Address:http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/03/19/boston_museum_seeks_new_site/ |
|||
{{coord missing|Massachusetts}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boston Museum Project, The}} |
|||
[[Category:City museums|Boston Museum Project, The]] |
|||
[[Category:History museums in the United States|Boston Museum Project, The]] |
|||
[[Category:Museums in Boston, Massachusetts|Boston Museum Project, The]] |
|||
[[Category:Planned museums|Boston Museum Project, The]] |
|||
Revision as of 21:13, 6 June 2009
In 2007, The Boston Museum changed its name (dropping "project"). Please visit The Boston Museum wikipedia page.