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Museum Math: Their Number Is Multiplying

Perhaps spurred by the success of the Guggenheim Bilbao, left, a local boom continues. Above, a rendering of the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture courtyard. (Foster And Partners Via The Smithsonian Institution)

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A lot of people are betting he's right. On the drawing boards:

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¿ A National Museum of the Army, a $200 million project by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on the fringes of Fort Belvoir, due in 2013.

¿ A National Law Enforcement Officers Museum, an $80 million underground facility at Judiciary Square, is scheduled to open in 2011.

¿ The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015 near the Washington Monument. Estimates for the building are about $300 million.

¿ The U.S. National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg is scheduled to open in 2009 and will cost $200 million.

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