The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement is growing. Four new galleries will join its downtown St. Petersburg site through a five-story addition at 355 4th Street North. Workers are installing over 1,500 panels of white Brazilian granite on the 11,300-square-foot structure.
The galleries will open in stages during 2027. The first one should welcome visitors in late February. Photography and color woodblock prints from earlier MAACM shows will appear alongside textiles, clocks, jewelry, and other pieces from this period.
Conference rooms will fill parts of the addition. Work rooms and offices are planned. Curators will get dedicated spaces for examining objects. Storage areas are being built too. Barr&Barr is constructing it, while Tampa-based Alfonso Architects handles design work.
MAACM opened its doors five years ago, in September 2021. The current five-story structure contains more than 40,000 square feet of gallery space. A grand atrium anchors the building. Skylights bring in natural light, and a spiral staircase connects the floors.
According to St. Pete Rising, this 137,000-square-foot site is unique. No other institution worldwide focuses solely on the American Arts and Crafts movement. That movement began in the late 19th century as pushback against mass production, championing handcrafted objects, natural materials, and simple designs that worked.
Rudy Ciccarello started MAACM. The Two Red Roses Foundation provided funding. Alfonso Architects, which created the first building with Ciccarello, is designing the addition as well.
Furniture fills the collection. Pottery sits on display. Tiles, lighting, textiles, photography, woodblock prints, and metalwork round out the holdings. Gustav Stickley’s work appears here. So do pieces by Charles Rohlfs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Comfort Tiffany, the Roycrofters, William Grueby, and Newcomb Pottery.