The Worcester Art Museum has added an exterior bridge that plays off of the building’s architecture while creating an accessible main entrance.
The new bridge, designed by wHY Architecture, will be unveiled Saturday as the building’s accessible main entrance on the Salisbury Street side of the building. A ribbon-cutting will be held at 9:30 a.m. and kick off Global Art and Music Community Day at the museum.
The bridge “boldly combines contemporary design the the museum’s 1933 Beaux Arts exterior,” according to a statement from the museum at 55 Salisbury Street.
The bridge is the beginning of ongoing changes to the museum’s campus.
On hand for the ribbon-cutting will be Matthias Waschek, director of the museum; and local leaders including Anita Walker, executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and state Sen. Harriette Chandler.
Partial funding for the Salisbury Street Access Bridge project came from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Cultural Facilities Fund, the Stoddard Charitable Trust, the George I. Alden Trust, the Fletcher Foundation, and the Manton Foundation.
