Expansion gives original building breathing room

Reinstallation of European collection and new gallery spaces among improvements.

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Last year Futter completed a new thematic presentation of the museum’s Burnap Collection of English Pottery. It’s livelier now, with groupings that explore topics like “politics in ceramics” and “a history of beverages in Britain.”

More recently Futter oversaw the move of the popular Starr Collection of Miniatures from the west wing to a gallery in the northeast corner.

Prints and drawings play an important role in the European reinstallation. Look for them in the northeast corner gallery, where an exhibit called “Color and Line” highlights 19th- and 20th-century European masterworks. In the southeast corridor, “Durer to Tiepolo” explores realism and idealism in prints and drawings from the 15th through the 18th centuries.

Outdoors, the museum’s 22-acre sculpture park also has a fresh look. Its 31 sculptures occupy a setting enhanced by new plantings, new signs and labels for artworks, more pathways and five new entrances.

Four-legged visitors will enjoy the newest addition — a doggie drinking fountain.

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