Larry Bird Museum Project Advances
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The Vigo County Capital Improvement Board is expected to receive a final design recommendation next month for the Larry Bird Museum, according to the Tribune-Star. The venue honoring the Indiana State University standout and NBA Hall of Famer will be located inside the new Terre Haute Convention Center that opened three weeks ago.
Design options have been submitted from Ohio-based Hilferty & Associates Inc, a museum design firm.
“We will have $1 million in exhibition, and Hilferty has put together a preliminary design and they have some enhancements we may choose, so they gave us a lot of [design] options we need to work through, but I would hope we would have something to present [to the full board] next month we so [Hilferty] can move forward with a final design,” said Terri Conley, chair of the Capital Improvement Board’s museum committee.
Conley says another $500,000 is budgeted for construction costs.
The publication says collectibles from Bird’s storied past have been moved from the 33 Brick Street restaurant in French Lick for use in the museum, however, some items will need preparation work.
The CIB is working on trademark access to game films, interviews and photos with the NBA.
“Objects are extremely key in this museum situation. We have to have the basketballs, the jerseys, the trophies, the photographs that help people bring up the Bird experience, so getting that material sorted and in shape for display is key,” said Mark Mederski of Mederski Vintage Services.
The museum is slated to open in 2023.