Visit the Arts at MIT

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Visit the Arts at MIT

You are invited to explore the arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Public Art Collection

A tour of MIT’s public art collection, comprised of 51 works of art and architecture, should be an essential part of anyone’s visit to campus. An interactive map of the collection can be found on the List Visual Arts Center website.

Art Exhibitions

The MIT Museum and the List Visual Arts Center present exhibitions throughout the year, and there are a number of other exhibition spaces across campus, including the Dean’s Gallery, Keller Gallery, MIT Libraries’ Maihaugen Gallery, Media Lab Galleries, Rotch Library exhibition space, Gallery 9, MIT Museum Studio & Compton Gallery, Hart Nautical Gallery, and Koch Institute Public Galleries.

Events and Performances

Arts events including visiting artist lectures, interactive workshops, symposia, and performances of dance, music, and theater occur frequently on campus and are often open to the public.

Details about current opportunities may be found on the main MIT Events Calendar.

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Questions? Contact us at arts@mit.edu

Interactive Campus Map

Search by school, department, lab or center

Find accessible entrances and ramps

Locate public art work, bike racks or emergency phones

The 2017 Terry and Rick Stone Concert featured a new arrangement by CAST Faculty Director Evan Ziporyn of Blackstar, David Bowie’s last album that Maya Beiser, CAST’s Mellon Distinguished Visiting Artist, performed with a 60 piece orchestra as part of the MIT Sounding series.

Events Calendar

Discover events open to the public that take place on campus

List Visual Arts Center, Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995 .

Exhibitions & Galleries

There are more than 48,000 square feet of exhibition and gallery space on campus.

Explore contemporary art in the Institute’s own art museum, the List Visual Arts Center.

The MIT Museum welcomes visitors to engage with rotating exhibitions on a wide range of STEAM-based topics and to participate in demos, workshops, performances, conversations and debates on the ongoing adventure of research and innovation.

MIT Public Art Collection. Alexander Calder, La Grande Voile, 1966.

Public Art Collection Map

Use an interactive map of MIT’s public art collection, comprised of 51 works of art and architecture.

Visit the Arts at MIT