Michigan State U. Plans New Art Museum

Michigan State University has received $26-million from Eli and Edythe Broad for a new museum that will carry their name. It will house the university’s art collection, currently displayed at the Kresge Art Museum.

A site has been selected for the new museum, which will have one entrance facing the campus and another facing the community. The museum is expected to cost $30-million and have at least 26,000 square feet of exhibit space. Five architecture firms have been asked to submit proposals for the design: Zaha Hadid, of London; Coop Himmelblau, of Vienna and Los Angeles; Morphosis, of Santa Monica, Calif.; Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, of New York; and Randall Stout Architects, of Los Angeles.

Mr. Broad, a financier turned philanthropist and art collector, is an alumnus of the university.