Museum begins site work at downtown location The old dance studio was once an Otasco variety store, and will become a sculpture garden (Source: AMA) By Dave Miller | May 19, 2021 at 7:55 AM EDT - Updated May 19 at 11:32 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Demolition work began Monday on a former dance studio adjacent to the future home of the Albany Museum of Art. The building at the southeast corner of Washington Street and Broad Avenue will make way for a sculpture garden.
“This will be the most visible sign of progress in our upcoming move to the former Belk department store that touches the old dance studio on two sides,” AMA Executive Director Andrew J. Wulf, Ph.D., said. “We have been making headway with the cleanup of soil contaminants and the removal of asbestos from the Belk building earlier this year, but this development is one people will easily notice.”