Projects

The Re-Imagining the Ney Project will encompass three extensive initiatives touching the former studio and home of Elisabet Ney and historic grounds. Paired with a rigorous community outreach initiative, the Museum (in partnership with the Friends of the Elisabet Ney Museum and the City of Austin) is developing an interpretive plan to share Ney’s story from a new vantage point, updating the historic landscape with a new landscape rehabilitation, and doing substantial upgrades to the studio and grounds through a City of Austin Capital Improvement Project. This work will help ensure more people of all origins can experience Ney’s life, art, surroundings and her spirit can live on for another century and beyond. Thanks to bond funding, grants and private donations, we’re taking a once in a century opportunity to survey the life and work of the extraordinary Elisabet Ney. You are a part of that story!  

The Landscape Interpretive Plan

The Landscape Plan updates will rejuvenate and build upon the original vision of a 2007 Master Plan through assessment of the existing conditions, recommendations for rehabilitation, strategic interventions of new plantings and hardscape, and development of a maintenance strategy. These updated amendments will make the museum grounds a more engaging and rewarding experience for tourists, local visitors and the neighborhood. To find out more, visit…

The Museum Interpretive Plan

With input from the Austin community leading the way, the Museum and various partners will create an interpretive plan to share Elisabet Ney’s story from a new point of view. This work will help shape share Ney’s life through new tours, exhibitions and public programs as well as artist opportunities. To find out more, visit…

The Capital Improvement Project

The Museum, established in 1911, will be receiving needed equipment and building improvement upgrades in addition to a new pedestrian bridge crossing Waller Creek in order to ensure a continued opportunity to share the work of Elisabet Ney for future generations. To find out more, please visit the City of Austin website.