The Campaign

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The New Bruce…

The Campaign for the New Bruce includes $45 million in construction costs, as well as $15 million of added support to the Museum's Endowment to ensure sustainability. When complete, this unprecedented initiative will more than double the size of the Museum, from 30,000 square feet to 70,000 square feet, adding state-of-the-art exhibition, education, and community spaces and significantly expanding its space for permanent and changing installations of art, science, and natural history exhibitions.

The centerpiece of the New Bruce is a three-story addition to be integrated with the current structure. Designed by the New Orleans firm of Eskew + Dumez + Ripple, the building will open on to Bruce Park and feature a façade of cast stone and glass inspired by the striated surfaces of Connecticut’s rock quarries.

The New Bruce project – the first since a $4.3 million expansion in 1992 – began with the expansion and improvement to the Museum’s parking lot in the fall of 2018. The next phase of construction is expected to proceed in the fall of 2019 with the renovation of the current changing gallery spaces. These enhancements will be followed, in early 2020, by the renovation of the Permanent Science Gallery. The Museum is expected to remain open during the renovation phases. A construction timetable for the addition will be finalized as the Campaign continues to reach its fundraising goals. 

“The New Bruce will transform the Museum for our visitors and community – truly a peerless cultural asset for Greenwich and the region. Peter C. Sutton – Director Emeritus”

Share Our Passion!  Grow with Us!

You can help us create Fairfield County’s signature attraction and the gateway to Greenwich, offering all of our visitors –from students and seniors, to children and families –the opportunity to encounter world-class art and unrivaled science exhibitions. 

Join us in transforming the Bruce Museum. Contact Whitney Lucas Rosenberg, Director of Development and Institutional Advancement, at 203-413-6765 or wrosenberg@brucemuseum.org.

The New Bruce Campaign Committee

                                            Frederic H. Brooks                  Patricia W. Chadwick

                                            Maryann Keller Chai                William Deutsch                      

                                            Nancy E. Duffy                         Kathy Epstein

                                            Becky Gillan                            Robert B. Goergen

                                            Sachiko Goodman                    Mirella Hajjar

                                            Tracy Holton                             John Ippolito - (Chair)                                                                               

                                            Karen Keegan                          Jan Rogers Kniffen                               

                                            Arianne F. Kolb                        Olivia Langston                                      .            Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.           Cricket Lockhart                                     

                                            James B. Lockhart, III              Susan V. Mahoney -(Co-Chair)                

                                            Deborah Simon                        Heidi Brake Smith   (Co-Chair)