The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., announced that it had chosen the Ennead Architects firm to design the museum’s new $200 million expansion wing, which is scheduled for completion in 2019.
The 175,000-square-foot space will include new galleries, a restaurant and additional room for public programs and education. Improvements will also be made to the museum’s collection, conservation and exhibition processing areas.
Ennead Architects â€" which recently designed renovation projects for the Public Theater, New York City Center and the Brooklyn Museum â€" was selected from a group of firms that were invited to take part in a design competition earlier this summer.
Groundbreaking for the expansion will begin in 2015.
