On January 26, 2019, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College reopened to the public after a major renovation and expansion by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. The project reworked Charles Moore and Chad Floyd's 1985 postmodern building, shifted the entrance toward the Dartmouth Green, added a public atrium, increased gallery and office space, and created a dedicated art study center for teaching with objects. The reopening mattered because the Hood is attached to one of the oldest college art collections in the United States, and the redesign turned a relatively inward campus museum into a more visible gateway for art, teaching, and public access.
The reopening recast the Hood as a teaching museum with a larger civic and campus presence.