New Hampshire's Currier Museum reopens

The Currier Museum of Art has reopened in Manchester, N.H., after a $21 million expansion and renovation.

Changes include a new spacious, glass-enclosed entryway, a soaring three-story lobby, a winter garden and five new galleries, along with moving doorways to allow a clearer view through the galleries.

The expansion allows the museum to exhibit 50 percent more of its collection, which amounts to about 11,000 objects.

Museum director Susan Strickler told The Telegraph newspaper of Nashua that she expects the new museum will attract double its usual 50,000 visitors a year.

The museum plans to encourage family outings with a new guide that includes suggestions for "intergenerational" conversations about the art. Seven other guide brochures lead visitors to artwork based on themes such as "New England Vacation" and "Ultimate Hair" tours, which director viewers to some of the most intriguing hairstyles in the collection.

Details at http://www.currier.org.