Groundbreaking for the Alford-Lunder Family Pavilion Next Week

A groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of the new Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion will be held on Friday, October 21 at 6pm.  The 26,000 square foot expansion to the Colby College Museum of Art is the third FFP-designed expansion to the Museum in the last decade.

The $15-million project was initiated in response to Peter and Paula Lunder’s promised gift of art in 2007. The project will include a sculpture terrace, a classroom for museum education and outreach, and 10,000 square feet of new exhibition space. Art Department studios will occupy the top floor of the addition, which is anticipated to achieve LEED-silver certification.

The new space will open during Colby’s bicentennial year, and the opening exhibition in July 2013 will present works from the Lunder Collection.