Terrace Improvements to Create More Welcoming Gathering Space
New Brunswick, NJ (May 10, 2023)—The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers has announced a plan to carry out structural renovations to the front entrance and terrace, as well as corresponding internal spaces, from March 6 through mid-June.
The Zimmerli will remain open to the public during this time and staff will maintain regular work schedules. However, several metered parking spaces on both sides of Hamilton Street, in front of the museum, will not be available. Please visit the museum’s website zimmerli.rutgers.edu and follow on social media regarding progress of the project, including temporary changes to access points.
“We are thrilled to begin this long awaited initiative to update the museum’s front terrace,” Zimmerli director Maura Reilly said, “which has been delayed due to pandemic closures since 2020.” She continued, “This opportunity allows us to create a more welcoming gathering space for all visitors, as well as enhance the building’s street presence.”
Artwork in galleries and storage areas near the renovations will be relocated for their protection to other areas of the building or offsite.
The project will be managed by Rutgers University Institutional Planning and Operations Project Services, which completed engineering surveys in 2019.
ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM | RUTGERS
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum houses more than 60,000 works of art, with strengths in the Art of the Americas, Asian Art, European Art, Russian Art & Soviet Nonconformist Art, and Original Illustrations for Children's Literature. The permanent collections include works in all mediums, spanning from antiquity to the present day, providing representative examples of the museum’s research and teaching message at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which stands among America’s highest-ranked, most diverse public research universities. Founded in 1766, as one of only nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution, Rutgers is the nation’s eighth-oldest institution of higher learning.
VISITOR INFORMATION
Admission is free to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers. The museum is located at 71 Hamilton Street (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. The Zimmerli is a short walk from the NJ Transit train station in New Brunswick, midway between New York City and Philadelphia.
The Zimmerli Art Museum is open Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Monday and Tuesday, as well as major holidays and the month of August.
For the most current information, including safety protocols, parking, and accessibility, visit zimmerli.rutgers.edu.
SUPPORT
The Zimmerli’s operations, exhibitions, and programs are funded in part by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and income from the Avenir Foundation Endowment and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment, among others. Additional support comes from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, as well as donors, members, and friends of the museum.
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