Already a St. Pete icon, The Dalí Museum today announced plans for a $65 million, 35,000-square-foot expansion of its award-winning facilities. Groundbreaking is anticipated in the fall of 2026, and The Dalí will remain open throughout construction with plans to open its expanded spaces in 2028.
The transformative expansion will introduce a striking new exterior, flexible gallery environments for experiential exhibitions that blend art and technology, a dedicated learning center serving K-12 students and lifelong learners, and community-focused spaces designed to support, host and animate social, corporate and cultural events.
Renderings by Designed by Beck Architecture and Harvard Jolly/PBK with Yann Weymouth FAIA
Together with the Museum’s existing galleries, theater, dome and Avant-garden, the addition will create a dynamic campus that reflects how guests engage with art today and in the future. These spaces will form a vibrant hub where curiosity and empathy thrive, inviting visitors of all ages to experience art as an active, shared journey.
Much of the early financial support for the massive expansion will come from Visit St. Pete-Clearwater through its From Visitors with Love initiative, a direct reinvestment of tourist development tax funds, as a testament to Pinellas County’s commitment to arts, innovation and cultural vitality.
“We are creating a museum that will stand with the great cultural institutions of the world, prepared to meet the expectations of today’s visitors and the curiosity of those who will walk through these doors decades from now,” said Hank Hine, Executive Director of The Dalí Museum. “This is a defining moment for our institution and for St. Petersburg. It’s not about being bigger; it’s about being bolder. For more than four decades, The Dalí has led through innovation, empowering visitors to see differently and think expansively. This next chapter allows us to move beyond existing limitations and create space, intellectually and physically, for deeper learning, more ambitious experiences and broader access.”
The Beck Group, which constructed the Museum’s landmark 2011 building, has been selected to design and build the expansion. Since opening in St. Petersburg in 1982, The Dalí has welcomed and inspired more than ten million visitors. Since the debut of its landmark building in 2011, the Museum has generated over $1 billion in economic impact for the area, solidifying its role as a global destination for groundbreaking interdisciplinary programming, innovation and scholarship.