SAN ANTONIO – Monday saw the start of some big changes coming to the Witte Museum on Broadway as museum officials broke ground on $100 million worth of campus renovations.
The latest phase of the construction project will give the museum a new look.
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Witte Museum President & CEO Marise McDermott said she believes the metamorphosis will lift the museum to grand status.
"We'll be getting the greatest exhibitions that any city in the U.S. or the world will have," she said in September. "We can have (those) here at the Witte Museum, so it definitely is about time we renovate and modernize the main building."
The expansion will add 65,000 square feet to the Witte campus.
During the construction phase, classic exhibits like Texas Wild, the Fiesta Exhibit and Ancient Texans will be closed as they're revamped. They'll reopen with a new look in the future, which will also include dinosaurs.
When renovations are complete, the facade of the museum will look very different. It'll be reminiscent of what the museum looked like when it first opened in 1926, with big stone arches.
The majority of the Witte campus will remain open during construction.