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The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) is Boston’s only free contemporary art museum, a space to experience works by visionary artists at the forefront of contemporary art.

Free and open to the public. Always.

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A performer plays a marimba on stage, surrounded by a seated audience. The space features vibrant, abstract projections in warm yellow tones on the walls, creating an immersive and artistic atmosphere for the event.

Five Years, Five Facts: What Makes MAAM, MAAM

Boston’s free contemporary art museum, MAAM, is celebrating five years of creativity, community, and innovation with dynamic programs.

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A large crowd gathers in an outdoor space beside a brick building for a summer performance. A group of musicians plays on a small stage as attendees, seated at tables and steps, enjoy the event. The sky is clear, and several housing structures are visible in the background.

A spacious art gallery at MassArt with wooden floors, where numerous visitors observe various sculptures and artworks. The room is bustling with people conversing and viewing displays on pedestals under bright lighting, reminiscent of a vibrant art museum atmosphere.

A group of people in casual clothing are gathered around a table in a creative workshop, smiling and interacting. There are art supplies on the table and colorful artwork on the walls. A monitor displays a slide titled Make Way.

A string orchestra stands performing in the middle of an art gallery with a bright colorful artwork installed on the wall behind them.

Twilight at MAAM Event featuring Grammy-nominated string orchestra, A Far Cry, February, 2024.

A woman in a beanie studies a painting up close.

May Stevens: My Mothers exhibition at MAAM, January 26 - July 30, 2023.

Two people sit creating art at a white table at an event at MassArt Art Museum.

Visitors can unleash their inner artist in the Barkan Family Big Ideas Studio during MAAM at Twilight events.

A person in a guerilla costume sits and signs a book held by a visitor to the MassArt Art Museum.

Guerilla Girls: Art Feminism, and Activism in Action talk by founding member, Frida Kahlo, in connection with the May Stevens: My Mothers exhibition, April 26, 2023

A room of tables with people sitting down and concentrating on making things.

Make with MAAM: Imagining Futures event in the Barkan Family Big Ideas Studio is a reoccurring drop-in series at MAAM.

A large white gallery with wooden floors and a circle of speakers on tall stands with a person walking around in the middle.

An abstract photo of colorful lights being cast on a person playing guitar in a dark setting.

MAAM's first Drawing Together, featuring Illustration's Noodle & Doodle - February 27, 2020.

A large, three-story brick building with tall windows, displaying red banners. People walk on the sidewalk in front, and bicycles are parked nearby. The sky is partly cloudy, and the scene has a campus-like feel.

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