The new Chazen Museum of Art was conceived as a substantial addition and expansion to the 1970 Harry Weese-designed Elvehjem Museum of Art. The mission of the consolidated museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit works of art, and support related educational programs that promote the teaching, research and public service mission of the University.

To create a seamless expansion, the upper gallery plan of the existing museum is replicated on the opposite side of a central pedestri...