Design Phase of UB James Joyce Museum

FAIN: CHA-286623-23

SUNY Research Foundation, University at Buffalo (Amherst, NY 14228-2577)
James Maynard (Project Director: September 2021 to present)

Design work on the new University of Buffalo James Joyce Museum in New York to share the world’s largest collection of James Joyce materials with a broader audience.

The Poetry Collection, part of the University at Buffalo Libraries, is home to the world’s largest collection of James Joyce materials. The UB James Joyce Collection has been an international destination for scholars for more than 70 years but has never had an adequate exhibition space that would allow the general public to experience it. With the 100th anniversary of the publication of Joyce’s Ulysses in 2022, UB is committed to creating the UB James Joyce Museum, a new landmark attraction on its South Campus in the city of Buffalo, New York. The proposed museum will allow UB to share this significant collection with a broad global audience. To create a visitor experience befitting the world-class stature of the collection and inspire investment by donors, UB’s Director of Campus Planning has advised UB Libraries to partner with a professional museum design consultant as phase 1 of this capital project.