Five-story expansion of Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement takes shape in downtown St. Pete
/The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement’s five-story expansion will open in phases throughout 2027 | St. Pete Rising
More than 1,500 panels of white Brazilian granite are now being installed on the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement’s five-story expansion at 355 4th Street North in downtown St. Pete.
The 11,300-square-foot expansion will add four galleries to the 137,000-square-foot museum, which opened five years ago in September 2021.
The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in the late 19th century as a response to mass-produced goods, placing an emphasis on handcrafted objects, natural materials, and simple, functional design.
The St. Pete museum is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the American Arts and Crafts movement.
The existing five-story museum includes more than 40,000 square feet of gallery space, along with a grand atrium, skylights, and its signature spiral staircase.
The new galleries will include photography and color woodblock prints that have appeared in previous MAACM exhibitions, alongside textiles, clocks, jewelry, and other works from the movement.
The galleries will open in phases throughout 2027 with the first expected to debut in late February.
The expansion will also include conference rooms, work rooms, offices, curator and object-work areas, and storage.
Barr&Barr is building the project, and Tampa-based Alfonso Architects, which designed the original museum with founder Rudy Ciccarello, is handling the expansion’s design.
Founded by Ciccarello and funded by the Two Red Roses Foundation, MAACM’s collection includes furniture, pottery, tiles, lighting, textiles, photography, woodblock prints, metalwork, and more.
Artists and designers represented in the collection include Gustav Stickley, Charles Rohlfs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Comfort Tiffany, the Roycrofters, William Grueby, and Newcomb Pottery.
A site plan of the Museum’s expansion | Alfonso Architects
