 Part of the prison walls remain, which now provide a backdrop to the Museum's outdoor sculpture and event pavilion.The Museum was named the James A. Michener Art Museum, and opened to the public on September 15, 1988 at a ceremony presided over by Michener and his wife, Mari Sabusawa Michener.In 1993, the museum had its first major expansion designed by Lynn Taylor Associates from Doylestown, Pennsylvania which included larger exhibitions galleries and a storage vault.