MIT Museum

MIT Museum

The MIT Museum's new building, 2024
Established	1971
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′43.63″N 71°05′11.97″W / 42.3621194°N 71.0866583°W / 42.3621194; -71.0866583
Type	Science museum
Accreditation	AAM, ASTC
Collection size	1,500,000[1]
Director	John Durant
Owner	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Public transit access	Kendall/MIT MBTA Red Line station
Website	mitmuseum.mit.edu

The MIT Museum, founded in 1971, is located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. Its holography collection of 1800 pieces is the largest in the world, though only a few selections from it are usually exhibited. As of 2023^[update], works by the kinetic artist Arthur Ganson are the largest long-running displays.^[2] There is a regular program of temporary special exhibitions, often on the intersections of art and technology.

The overall purpose of the MIT Museum is to "turn MIT inside out" by making MIT's work more visible and accessible to the outside world.^[2][3] In addition to serving the MIT community, the museum offers numerous outreach programs to school-age children and adults in the public at large. The widely attended annual Cambridge Science Festival was originated by and continues to be coordinated by the museum.

In October 2022, the MIT Museum reopened in new, expanded facilities in the Kendall Square innovation district.^[4]