Schwartz/Silver was engaged by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) and M&S Development to design a unique and exciting 55,000 square foot building in the center of downtown Brattleboro. The new building will be set along waterfalls at the Whetstone Brook, overlooking the Connecticut River. The proposed design weaves together a non-collecting art museum founded in 1972 with new mixed-income residential housing.

The new BMAC, overlooking the Whetstone Brook waterfall off Main Street, includes museum facilities at street level and on the two floors underneath adjacent to the Whetstone, and would have apartments on the top four floors. The building program includes 5,500 SF of galleries, a 2,500 SF education center with classrooms; a café; a sculpture garden on the roof; a kayak launch and a footbridge connecting Main Street to the Connecticut River and local Amtrak Station.