MAM construction is on track financially thanks to private donations

A rendering of MAM's new building
A rendering of MAM's new building

The new Miami Art Museum, currently under construction along Biscayne Bay in downtown’s Bicentennial Park, is on track financially, according to the Miami Herald. The museum is raising $120 million in private donations to fund the its new home and has already raised half that amount.

“People don’t get on board until they see things,’’ Collins said during a recent tour of the construction site. “We’re well within $2 million of finishing the bricks and mortar fundraising.’’

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MAM will see a name change, too, thanks to a $35 million donation from Miami real estate developer Jorge Perez.  The museum will be renamed the Jorge Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County, or PAMM — a change that has proved controversial with locals. [Miami Herald] —Christopher Cameron