Showing posts with label Museum at Prairiefire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum at Prairiefire. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2015

Prairiefire Museum


I spent a little while in the car with my dog on a rainy day drawing the 
Museum at Prairiefire (website:http://museumatpf.org).  It's a joint venture between a developer and the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.  The NYC museum sends new shows for  viewing every few months.  The exterior employees dichroic glass - the largest architectural use of dichroic glass in the hemisphere or in the world (I've forgotten). It really does resemble a fire on the prairie and the unique thing about the glass is that it changes color with different sun conditions and even with the viewer's movement.  I've since gone inside on a sketch crawl and the staff were so very gracious and accommodating! 
Naturally, I failed to capture the real magic of the exterior, so you will want to visit yourself to see this unique building.

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