Dia Beacon

Dia Beacon

Established	2003
Location	3 Beekman Street, Beacon, New York
Coordinates	41°29′59″N 73°58′57″W / 41.499708°N 73.982484°W / 41.499708; -73.982484
Type	Modern and contemporary art.
Visitors	100,000
Public transit access	Beacon station, Metro-North Hudson Line
Website	Official website
National Biscuit Company Carton Making and Printing Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	26.6 acres (10.8 ha)
Built	1929
Architect	Louis N. Wirsching, Jr.; John W. Cowpers Co.
NRHP reference No.	03000253[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 2003

Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage. The museum, which opened in 2003, is situated near the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Dia Beacon's facility, the Riggio Galleries, is a former Nabisco box-printing facility that was renovated by Dia with artist Robert Irwin and architects Alan Koch, Lyn Rice, Galia Solomonoff, and Linda Taalman, then of OpenOffice. Along with Dia's permanent collection, Dia Beacon also presents temporary exhibitions, as well as public programs designed to complement the collection and exhibitions, including monthly Gallery Talks, Merce Cunningham Dance Company Events, Community Free Days for neighboring counties, and an education program that serves area students at all levels. With 160,000 square feet (15,000 m²),^[2] it is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country for modern and contemporary art.