Captn_Ag05 said:
rocketscience said:
Captn_Ag05 said:
I posted this question before without success, but was hoping someone may have some new information. Recently, one of the projects approved by the A&M BOR was to construct a $100 million museum of natural history on the campus. Does anyone know where they plan to construct it? My guess would be near the conference center and hotel, but the recently announced Buc-ee's school will be across Wellborn from the hotel in what is currently a parking lot, leaving limited options on that part of campus.
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New projects proposed for the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, under the capital plan, which already has $2.7 billion of projects in the design or construction phases, include:
- $175 million: Visualization, Fine and Performing Arts Building;
- $118 million: An addition to the Clinical Veterinary Teaching & Research Complex;
- $100 million: Museum of Natural History;
- $75 million: Aggie Band Residence Hall; and
- $40 million: Phase II of The Gardens at Texas A&M University, a 20-acre extension of the university's current 27-acre teaching garden.
In the report from a "The Path Forward" working group (actions from the MGT report about large scale university reorganization) it refers to the location as the Garden/Museum District of campus which is a new name to me. I assume that is around the Gardens on west campus based on the name. I think I also saw in those reports a recommendation to colocate it with the Performing Arts Center.
Interesting and thank you for that information! I will be very interested to see where exactly they locate it. My thought was for a museum of that expense and presumably intended for heavy public use, it would be located with direct access from either University, Bush, or Wellborn. Although a location next to the gardens would be a good way to draw more people to the gardens. After the proposed expansion, the Gardens will be an amazing place to visit.
Here's the document I was referencing.
https://pathforward.tamu.edu/_files/documents/implementation-memos/WG8-Implementation-Memo_Approved-6-30-22.pdfI think a great location would be near the White Creek Apartments where the student services portable farm was during the Student Services Building construction (have the building backed up to White Creek). If the university wants the museum to host events, a ballroom with large windows and a second level terrace facing White Creek (and maybe additional, more formal gardens around the museum) would offer an incredible setting for elegant events. It could also make use of the future White Creek Apartments garage. That area is planned for a White Creek Apartments phase 2 though.
Realistically it may end up near the Bush School or in one of the buildings planned around Reed. Another good location for the combined site of the Museum and Performing Arts Complex would be University and Wellborn which would help improve the aesthetics of that entrance to campus and help the university's effort to build along Wellborn.
