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Naples, Fla.—Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum will welcome back visitors on December 1, 2019, after being closed since September 2017 due to damage sustained from Hurricane Irma. The 2019-20 season of visual arts exhibitions will showcase highlights of the museum’s growing permanent collection and celebrated works on loan in exhibitions curated especially for the museum. Four major exhibitions will open in conjunction with the much-anticipated reopening of the restored and expanded museum. The visitor experience will be heightened thanks to the dramatic changes to The Baker Museum led by New York-based Weiss/Manfredi ARCHITECTURE / LANDSCAPE / URBANISM. Those changes are part of a visionary master plan set to recast the relationship between the buildings, parking and landscape of the Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus. The open and lushly landscaped Norris Garden will welcome visitors as a tranquil and inviting gathering space. A renovated and more defined entrance will usher visitors into a brighter and airier space. Just a few highlights of the transformation include the Multipurpose Performance and Learning Center on the first floor, the Signature Event Space on the second floor and an Elevated Open-Air Terrace that will host rotating outdoor sculpture exhibitions, taking full advantage of the mild South Florida climate. “This achievement represents a remarkable coalescence of resilience, philanthropic support and sincere appreciation for the arts,” said CEO and President Kathleen van Bergen. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to share these important exhibitions and reintroduce The Baker Museum as the cultural jewel it is to the community. We are so pleased to be once again operating with the full power of our multidisciplinary mission.”