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Massachusetts’ Peabody Essex Museum reveals US$200m facility expansion plan
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, has revealed finalised plans for its US$200m (€108.8m, £130m) facility expansion as part of a larger ongoing US$650m (€587.6m, £422.2m) Advancement Campaign. Based on initial designs
by Rick Mather Architects, with subsequent work from Ennead Architects, the museum will gain a new 40,000sq ft (3,716sq m) wing for galleries and temporary exhibition space, while a new 80,000sq ft (7,432sq m) Collection Stewardship Center will be built off-site. Groundbreaking for the development is set for 2016,
Groundbreaking on the development is set for 2016
with the new wing opening to the public in 2019. The off-site stewardship
centre by Boston-based firm, Schwartz/Silver Architects, will provide space for the museum’s collection of 1.8 million
objects to be stored and maintained. A spokes- person for the museum told AM2 that at this stage no contractor had been announced for the expansion.
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Disney Accelerator scheme encourages development of new technologies
Disney has selected 10 startup companies for a three-month accelerator programme, designed to push new technologies to develop new platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. The 2015 Disney Acceler-
ator programme, kicked-off on 9 July and concludes with a demonstration of all the products on 6 October. Each of the 10 companies
receive a sum of up to US$120,000 (€109,000, £77,000) in investment capital to develop their concepts, with mentor support coming from execu- tives including Disney chair and CEO, Bob Iger, and top names from Pixar, Marvel,
Twitter: @AM2jobs TYFFON’s ‘Show Your Disney Side’ app was a success in 2014
Lucasfilm, ESPN and Walt Disney Imagineering, among others. Of last year’s picks, many
have gone into or are about to go into Disney’s attractions, with app creator TYFFON
the prime example. It released “Show Your Disney Side” for Disney parks, which was downloaded more than 1.25 million times in its first two weeks. More:
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