Mass MoCA

Mass MoCA is the largest center for contemporary art in the United States. It opened to national acclaim in 1999. Twelve years of master planning and design went into the museum’s creation; its changing exhibits continue to attract over 125,000 visitors per year. A young museum, with no permanent collection and no endowment, commercial rental space is its de facto endowment. Reshaping an old industrial complex and former brownfield site, the museum is central to the economic revival of North Adams MA. Recent developments include: • The celebrated Sol LeWitt wing, where one hundred of the artist’s wall drawings are on display until 2033. • A 1970s-era “satellite” has crash-landed at MASS MoCA. Museum visitors can now climb through the abandoned boiler room of the factory complex to access this exhibit. • Another building is planned — three floors, each over 40,000 sf.