places
art meets architecture
The Currier Museum of Art in
Manchester, New Hampshire,
grows from a small jewel to
a bountiful treasure with an
addition by Ann Beha Architects
Written by JANICE BYRD
Photography by BRUCE T. MARTIN
and JONATHAN HILLYER
old meets new in the Winter
Garden, which envelops the original
entry to the Currier Museum.
Even before its $21.4 million expansion, the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, was considered a little jewel. But with the completion of 33,000 square feet of additional space and a more modern, user-friendly framework,
the small marvel has grown into a much larger treasure.
And like most things precious, the glittering new Currier
has won admirers: As soon as the museum reopened, it had
25,000 visitors in the first week. Ann Beha Architects of Boston
won the American Institute of Architects’ New Hampshire 2009
PHO TO B Y BRUCE T. MAR TIN
