Conceptual Design for the Expansion of the Salem Museum

The Salem Museum, located in the historic Williams-Brown House/Store in Salem, Virginia, was in need of an expansion to improve the public and operational spaces as well as to bring the museum into compliance with ADA requirements.

The Community Design Assistance Center worked with the Salem Museum to explore alternative building designs, additional programmatic requirements, and overall site design while preserving and working with the existing building. The site design includes the building complex, associated exterior spaces and their connections between adjoining sites, pedestrian access (including access from rear areas and parking) and significant surrounding sites (two cemeteries).