DIA sets trend for people-friendly museums

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The Detroit Institute of Arts is at the forefront of a national trend that's turning museums into people-friendly places.

When the $158 million renovation is complete and the closed wings of the DIA reopen in the fall of 2007, the 121-year-old pride of Detroit will be a "new" museum. It will be easier for visitors to navigate, due to a spine connecting the 1927 Paul Cret building with the North and South wings added during the 1960s. There will be a more logical, easy-to-explore configuration of galleries on either side of the corridor.

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