WHAT IS THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE WHY IS CLIMATE CONTROL IMPORTANT ? THE BUILDING PLANS AFTER THE RENOVATION AND ADDITION: Museum Galleries and Storage Museum Archive Conservation Laboratory Archaeology Research Center Multi-Purpose Room Research Archive (Library) Stacks

The Oriental Institute is heading into the 21st century with a major renovation and expansion project. The project is designed to introduce climate control to all areas of the building where the Museum's objects are stored, exhibited, or studied, and to provide much needed space for archaeological research, library stacks, and conservation of its ancient Near Eastern artifacts.

Extensive renovation of the basement and first floor of the present building is providing space for an Archaeology Research Center, a Multi-Purpose Room to accommodate functions as disparate as scholarly lectures and children's craft workshops, and newly designed and installed exhibits in the Museum's galleries.