Among them might be a building that makes a design statement to the community; that brings collections, staff and programs together under one roof; that offers discrete spaces for public programming; that replaces and upgrades outmoded building and IT systems; that adds public gathering spaces, retail space, and other amenities; and that offers more and better space for collections research and care. Measures of attainment of these objectives may be qualitative or quantitative. In the case of a design statement, success might be in the eye of the beholder—the architecture critic of the local newspaper, the donor for whom the new space has been named, the facilities manager who has to maintain and operate the new spaces, and the exhibit designer who has to work around dramatic internal spaces and/or visitors.
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