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VMFA Expansion Progress Photos


Follow the progress of the VMFA expansion project. Click on a photo to see a larger image.
Photos by Travis Fullerton, © 2005 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

October, 2005


Parking deck construction begins.

Construction fence installation
Construction fence erected.
VMFA parking deck construction
Surface prep begins.
VMFA parking deck construction
Removal of trees and pavement near VMFA former main entrance. Trees and paving material will be recycled.
VMFA parking deck construction
Surface prep near Robinson House (left) with the West Wing in the background.
VMFA parking deck construction
View from Robinson House looking toward the Pauley Center (formerly Center for Education and Outreach). The cannon from Fort Sumter has yet to be moved.
VMFA parking deck construction
Excavation for the deck begins.
VMFA parking deck construction
Deck excavation continues. 30,000 cubic yards of earth will be removed in preparation for construction of a 600-car parking deck at the north end of the VMFA grounds.
VMFA parking deck construction
Deck excavation continues. Excavated soil will be used on other construction projects in the Richmond area.
VMFA parking deck construction
Construction trailers installed on Boulevard side of VMFA in front of 1936 entrance.
VMFA parking deck construction
Installing I-beams to shore up the ground next to the Pauley Center.
VMFA parking deck construction
I-beams awaiting installation.
VMFA parking deck construction
View from Pauley Center roof.
VMFA parking deck construction
The hole gets deeper.
VMFA parking deck construction
The dump trucks keep coming. Eight thousand dump trucks full of earth will be removed. The hole is, at its deepest, 26 feet below the original grade of the site.
VMFA parking deck construction
Holes being drilled next to Pauley Center to accommodate I-beams.
VMFA parking deck construction
Installing the VMFA entrance.
VMFA parking deck construction
This entrance will be used during the VMFA expansion.
VMFA parking deck construction
Ticket, Membership, and Information counters installed in the Marble Hall.
VMFA parking deck construction
The VMFA Café is ready for customers.
VMFA parking deck construction
Tickets and Membership.
VMFA parking deck construction
The Department of Conservation and Recreation personnel removing liriope and other small plants in the parking lot for their use in their "Stewardship Virginia" program.
VMFA parking deck construction
Recycling the plants.