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New Davison Art Gallery in Connecticut
August 3, 2021
Location: Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA
Design: Peterson Rich Office with Newman Architects
Address: 252 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, United States
Peterson Rich Office unveils design for new Davison Art Gallery in Connecticut, USA

New Davison Art Gallery Building Design
Middletown, CT, USA; August 3, 2021 ? Today Peterson Rich Office (PRO) and Wesleyan University simultaneously unveiled and announced breaking ground on the new Davison Art Gallery. A significant and historic project for the 190-year-old liberal arts university, the PRO-designed 5,550 square foot art building will dramatically enhance Wesleyan?s student-serving facilities and integrate visual art into daily campus life as the first new art building in over 50 years, following the Center for the Arts completed in 1973 and designed by the late Kevin Roche. PRO is completing the project in collaboration with Newman Architects, a New Haven-based architecture firm working on other significant projects on campus, including the renovation of the connected Public Affairs Center. Established in 1952, Wesleyan’s Davison Art Center holds an art collection of more than 25,000 works?including one of the finest print collections at any university in the United States, with works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and Manet?but had not had adequate or archival space...