Despite an expansion in 1984, the museum's space allows considerably less than 10 percent of its permanent collection to be shown at any one time.
The Modern is so cramped that it can show only 10 percent of its collection at a time.
Around 40 percent of their collection is unique.
Today, only five percent of the museum's collection is on display: he would like to expand that to 20 percent.
Generally, experts say, only 5 percent of a museum's collection is on display at a time; the rest is locked away.
Ten percent of the parish's weekly collection was set aside to aid those in need.
At 135,000 square feet, the Meier building had room to display only about 3 percent of the museum's permanent collection.
"Normally, I make a lot of jackets, about 60 percent of my collection," he said.
The museum can now display about 10 percent of its permanent collection at one time, twice as much as before.
The original museum only accommodated 4 percent of the museum's collection.
