It is not the purpose of this thesis to justify the need of an art museum for each sizeable community. The role that the museum plays in society has long been recognized. The art museum, as now conceived, fits into the pattern of everyone's daily life. It rightfully belongs somewhere near the hub of the community's social, educational, and entertainment life. It resembles the library in that it provides the means for delving deeply into certain given subjects. Yet it can be more useful than a library in that large groups may be informed at the same time. It can sponsor and house local social, cultural and scientific projects. It can, if it will, do all of these things, and it may be designed to serve more specialized needs or an individual community… The purpose, then, of this thesis is to design a museum type for the small city; one that will serve its requirements, and fill the cultural gap now existing in most communities of moderate size. / Master of Science