The spaceship lands: Futuristic-looking $40M art museum opens at Michigan State University
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A $40 million Zaha Hadid-designed art museum has opened its doors — and some eyes — on the campus of Michigan State University.
The futuristic-looking Eli and Edythe Broad (BROHD) Art Museum features a facade of pleated stainless steel and glass, a look that distinguishes it from the traditional brick buildings that surround it on the East Lansing campus.
The Broad MSU will present international contemporary art, using a 7,500-piece historic art collection it inherited from the Kresge Art Museum to provide context for the contemporary works.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Los Angeles billionaire and Michigan State graduate Eli Broad and his wife have given $28 million for the museum, which he calls "an architectural masterpiece that will propel this university and this region far into the future."
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Online:
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