I would have been fine with paying the $8 admission just to check out the cool building, but I really was surprised at how little they have on display inside. They only actually had art on 2 of the 4 floors, and there were just 3 things on display. What was there was interesting, but we were in and out of the whole experience in under an hour. The gift shop has some really neat stuff, and would be worth a visit even if you're not going into the museum.
I hope that they're able to stick around. There seemed to be a ton of people working (hopefully they were volunteers), and absolutely no one else visiting.