Biggs Museum of American Art

Fall 2024 was a pivotal moment for the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, DE. A building expansion project in its early stages and new organizational leadership clarified the need for refreshed strategic directions. The Biggs hired ABCC to lead a planning process intended to more closely connect the museum to the community, integrate its physical campus with Dover’s Historic Green, and advance economic development efforts underway in Delaware’s capital region.

Forty-plus trustees, staff, civic leaders, and local residents came together over nine months to ideate, collaborate, share insights, agree on common purpose, and chart an inspired course for the future. Through facilitated dialogue and healthy debate, their collective dedication and enthusiasm resulted in a three-year plan designed to embed the Biggs in community by embracing its role as cultural anchor of the region. The museum’s art- and people-centered vision interweaves growing programs and operations with campus facilities.