PHILADELPHIA, July 13 — The Philadelphia Museum of Art has announced it will be opening a new restaurant called Stir in October, with Frank Gehry designing it as part of his transformation of the museum.
First revealed back in 2017, the renovation of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — home of the famous "Rocky" steps — is set to run through 2020 and includes a redesign of much of the neoclassical building, with the goal of improving the visitor experience and creating new gallery space for the museum's collection.
Gehry's team is working with the building's pre-existing architectural style and materials to create what is described as “a seamless blend of old and new.”
Now the museum has revealed that part of the master plan, the Stir restaurant designed by Gehry, will open on October 9 of this year. It will be the only Gehry-designed restaurant on the US East Coast offering fine dining to the public.
