The massive stone walls and warden's house that make up the core of the
Michener Art Museum today began as the Bucks County prison in 1884. After a
century of use, the abandoned and antiquated buildings were being torn down
when the County Commissioners agreed to preserve the historic landmark and
lease the land and buildings to house the new Museum. After extensive
renovation, the Museum opened to the public in September, 1988. Since then,
there have been two separate expansions, in 1993 and 1996, which added modern
gallery space and state-of-the-art storage facilities, plus an outdoor
sculpture garden completed in 2000. Today, the old Bucks County jail, once a
place of fear and despair, has been transformed into a welcoming center of
culture and beauty... guarding the artistic soul of Bucks County.
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