The Barnes Foundation, currently located on the Main Line, is home to one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir and Modigliani, as well as priceless African sculpture.
Yesterday, the Barnes Foundation took formal possession of its future home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; the former Youth Study Center is pictured above. Construction costs are expected to total between $100 million and $150 million. The new facility is scheduled to open sometime in 2011. The Barnes is paying $1 a year to lease the site from the city, which moved the juvenile jail earlier this month to a temporary location in East Falls. A permanent facility is planned for West Philadelphia.
Yesterday, the Barnes Foundation took formal possession of its future home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; the former Youth Study Center is pictured above. Construction costs are expected to total between $100 million and $150 million. The new facility is scheduled to open sometime in 2011. The Barnes is paying $1 a year to lease the site from the city, which moved the juvenile jail earlier this month to a temporary location in East Falls. A permanent facility is planned for West Philadelphia.
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