{"id":178345,"date":"2026-03-04T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178345\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:44:08","slug":"see-renderings-timeline-for-the-dali-museums-65-million-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178345\/","title":{"rendered":"See renderings, timeline for The Dal\u00ed Museum&#8217;s $65 million expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The museum announced plans for the &#8220;transformative&#8221; expansion Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Dal\u00ed Museum in Downtown St. Pete will begin an exciting transformation this year.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to expand the museum were announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The changes, which include a new exterior, new gallery environments, a learning center and community spaces, are aimed at better serving both a local audience and tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are creating a museum that will stand with the great cultural institutions of the world,&#8221; Executive Director Hank Hine said in a statement. &#8220;This is a defining moment for our institution and for St. Petersburg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Beck Group, which designed the museum&#8217;s iconic glass structure in 2011, will head the 35,000-square-foot expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are expected to break ground this fall, with opening slated for 2028. The museum will remain open throughout construction.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion will cost an estimated $65 million, according to a news release. The Dal\u00ed has generated over $1 billion in economic impact since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>    PHOTOS: Renderings for The Dal\u00ed Museum&#8217;s $65 million expansion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The museum announced plans for the &#8220;transformative&#8221; expansion Wednesday. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Dal\u00ed Museum in Downtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-178345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}