Building a Better Future: Construction Update for Museum & Theatre at Thompson's Point
Construction Update
The Museum & Theatre’s new home is a beautiful example of a community’s collective endeavor to build a better future and ensure that all of our children and families have an inspiring and safe space to play and learn. We could not be more grateful to all of our wonderful donors and construction team for their unwavering generosity and partnership.
Remember that moment after the press conference In February when we stepped up to the steel beam, signed our name, and thought about how that beam would become part of the new roof some day? As you can see in the photo above, this has already become reality. Our rare camera obscura was lifted down by crane from 142 Free Street just last week to prepare it for re-installation on the signed steel beam! You can watch the video of the camera obscura’s removal below.
Also, we are so pleased to have been able to capture a time-lapse video of the amazing progress on construction - please see below, along with a few more recent photos.
Julie Butcher Pezzino
Executive Director
Campaign Nears Finish Line
With Campaign Chair Barbee Gilman’s tireless leadership, the Imagine Campaign continues to quietly close the gap toward our goal of $14 million. Another $200,000 has been committed over the past two months from generous individuals and corporations, and formal requests have been submitted to a number of corporate foundations.
Gifts and pledges now total an astounding $12.9 million – just over $1 million away from the finish line.
As soon as the central staircase is complete, we will begin extending invitations to tour the building (adhering to social distancing recommendations) in small groups!
Time lapse video of construction of new home for Museum & Theatre at Thompson's Point.
The new Children’s Theatre, looking towards the backstage and stage area from the top of the amphitheatre seating.
The Museum & Theatre’s camera obscura is a sophisticated imaging device that, for nearly thirty years, has been transferring a “light picture” of the Free Street neighborhood from the cupola on the roof down onto a table top in a third floor exhibit. A historically important tool in both art and science, DaVinci used a camera obscura to correctly explain how the eye works. The camera obscura helped Renaissance artists master perspective, early astronomers to study the sky, and chemists/entrepreneurs to invent photography.
Questions?
imagine@kitetails.org or call (207) 828-1234 x221