Our ultimate goal was to create inviting spaces for our visitors. Plans call for completing reinstallation of galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts by the end of the year. At the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, meanwhile, all the floors were refinished and the walls repainted in their original colors in connection with the museum's centennial in 1996. Gallery reinstallation there is expected to continue for several years. They also looked at colors that would best show off the artwork.
Color is very inviting.
Museums around the country are adding more color into their galleries as a way of livening up their spaces. Decorative arts and furniture were also installed in many of the MFA galleries. In most galleries that were reinstalled, one or two works were rotated with paintings that were in storage, she said. The most recently renovated space, the French Gallery, reopened Jan. 12. One of the museum's gems, it is considered to be one of the most important Chardins in the world, according to Haskell.