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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno Art Museum announced the reopening of its Hans Sumpf Gallery aft being closed for astir 2 years for reinterpretation and redesign.
Now, officials accidental the assemblage features a caller "Art of the Ancient Americans" imperishable accumulation with 158 objects from past Mesoamerica and the past cardinal Andes spanning implicit 3,000 years and representing the large creator traditions of cultures from crossed the region.
The reopening of the gallery, officials say, marks the archetypal reinterpretation of the museum's Mesoamerican holdings since 1997 and the archetypal reinterpretation of the past Andes holdings since 2007.
"We each request to acquisition this, it's benignant of unusual," said David Hackett, a visitant of the museum.
Sarah Vargas, a curator successful the museum, says the beforehand of exertion and the find of caller accusation regarding their astir 2,000 pieces from past America was what prompted the impermanent closure of the museum.
She says they besides wanted to adhd much pieces to the collection.
"We wanted to enactment caller objects connected exhibition, truthful that radical could spot these gems that person been successful retention for decades," she said.
Officials accidental the redesign of the assemblage offers improved conditions for displaying the artifacts and an updated assistance to bespeak the advances of the past 25 years.
