Back in August, I published a post about the new Dali Museum under construction next to the Mahaffey Theater in downtown St. Petersburg. In that post, I showed a photo of the early stages of construction for the new museum building.
Now here we are, six months later, and there has been, as the museum folks might say, surreal progress! The shell of the new structure is complete, and the very Dali-esque glass sculptures that will define the look and feel of the museum, both inside and out, are morphing towards completion. It’s both a bizarre and a beautiful look, and I have to believe that Dali himself would have smiled upon this new museum.
If you’d like more information about the new Dali, follow this link to an FAQ page.
And if you’d like to drive by to take a look for yourself, just head downtown on First Avenue South until you reach the last north/south road, which runs along the edge of the bay, which is BayShore Drive. Take BayShore towards the south, and after you pass the marina and Al Lang Field, you’ll see the Mahaffey Theatre. Right after the Mahaffey is the new Dali. You can’t miss it!
New Dali Coming to Life (click on photo for full-sized image)
