A couple weeks ago I ventured out to Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum for a public meeting they were having to get public input on their garden spaces. The museum building is above. It is completed but they have not finished all their displays and I think they are still working on offgassing all the fumes from the concrete’s dewatering, carpet glue, paint, varnish and other chemicals. Things that can be okay levels for humans can be deadly to art. They are opening it in 2027. So now they are working designing the gardens to go in the immediate vicinity of the museum.
The meeting was not held in the museum, it is in an adjacent museum housing all their historical archives. (Among there documents is an original of the Declaration of Independence. They have it on display on July 4th sometimes, and I got to view one year. Big thrill.)
They had a consulting Landscape Architect talk about gardens and their plans for it. I thought it was all very interesting. And he had a model of what they were talking about. I think it will all be very nice. They just need funding. He didn’t say a figure but hey, if you have a Gazillion Dollars you don’t know what to do with give them a call. I’m sure they’ll take it. The Director of the Museum told everyone, “There are no small donations.” Yeah, well, he hasn’t seen mine yet.
After the talk I decided to take a stroll at the park adjoining the museum, Stuart Park. It was closed during construction but is now reopened. Has been for some time.
It’s a favorite of mine. It winds around a couple ponds and incorporates a bunch of sculptures that are going to be relocated on gardens adjacent to the museum.
The museum has several hundred acres and they are going to build trails for bicycling and hiking. They need funding for that as well, in case you have a second tranche of gazillion dollars that you don’t need.
The backside of the new museum from Stuart Park.
The museum has already started a bunch of work. It looked like they had mulched a considerable amount of invasive species. What was left was this sign about leaving the bees alone. You can bet that if you called Gilcrease security they would come running out the museum to save you. Probably now, call 911 instead.
Seeing the park was like seeing an old friend after several years. I loved it.
The views are wonderful.
And I love any type of wood structures. They rebuilt this and others.
I’m looking forward to 2027. They demolished the original museum in mid 2021. I loved it but it was a hodgepodge of various buildings added onto over the years and had an antiquated air conditioning system which is not good for an art museum. The vistor traffic flow was awkward and had all different levels which is not good for disabled people. They then built the new building on the same footprint as the original.
It’s going to be awesome.
I’m linking with Skywatch Friday and galeria-himmelsblick
…in winter it is rare for us to have such gorgeous skies!
The clouds float so beautifully in the ponds. Funding! That is always the sticky point in such matters.
The small people on the garden architecture design are so fun. Such a cool place
I love the big, beautiful blue sky surrounding the museum. Lovely
Great building – I love the shot with the clouds reflected too. #Skywatch
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Beautiful images from the museum’s garden. I love the pond and heron sculptures.
The sky looks lovely. Beautiful photos. Take care, enjoy your day!
Very neat , and I imagine they will be able to get plenty of donations once they open. Pretty views outdoors also.
Great building. Beautiful sky.
It’s a very nice area and once gazillions of dollars are raised it will be even nicer. I love seeing the gardens that people come up with. They can be so beautiful.
Love the photos and seeing the progress at the museum.
lovely reflections of a gorgeous sky
Museum looks good, Amazing place, Skies just awesome.
Ein wunderschönes Natur Areal. Die Spiegelungen auf dem Wasser gefallen mir sehr!
Lovely site of the museum and great cloud and sky photos ~ thanks,
an artist reflects
It’s nice the museum has so much property, and they are taking input on how to use it. Wish I had a gazillion dollars!
For some reason this made me think of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Alice Walton’s patronage(. What a fantastic area for art your area would become between that museum (which I visited in 2013) and Gilcrease (which I’ve never been to). I liked seeing the little diorama of their plans for the garden area. I would have some thoughts about it but I am no landscape artist. Alana ramblinwitham
What a beautiful, modern looking art museum building with lovely garden plans. It will be a wonderful amenity for you all to visit, both inside and out.
There you go with more fabulous metal sculptures! I like the tiny blue people in their model!