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MIT’s Public Art Collection reaches across the entire Institute and may be enjoyed by MIT students and visitors alike. Explore our Public Art Collection and featured examples of outstanding architecture.

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GHOTIING MIT: Public Art by Lupe Fiasco

Pietro Belluschi

MacGregor House, 1970
Red brick and beige building featuring a bright blue sky in the background and sun lighting up the building.

Jules Olitski

Magic Number, 1967
Large yellow painting on a wood paneled wall with staircases on the left and right.

Alexander Calder

La Grande Voile [The Big Sail], 1965
Large steel sculpture in a courtyard with trees and buildings in the background.

Walter Netsch

McNair Building, 1966
Dark grey building with windows and black frames situated on a busy street.

Dimitri Hadzi

Elmo-MIT, 1963
Bronze sculpture resembling an abstract helmet in a small green courtyard and a stone wall in the backhground.

Walter Netsch

Vannevar Bush Building, 1963
Aerial shot of a grey, white building with lots of rectangular windows situated on a block between lots of other interconnected buildings.

Eduardo Catalano

Stratton Student Center, 1963
Grey building with the top floor jetting out above balconies on all sides. The alchemist sculpture is in front of the building on a green lawn.

I.M. Pei

Green Building, 1962
Tall grey building with many rectangular windows on each floor.

Theodore Roszak

Bell Tower for MIT Chapel, 1953
MIT Chapel and bell tower from a far.

Harry Bertoia

Altarpiece for MIT Chapel, 1955
Detail of steel hanging altarpiece coming down from a circular sky light.

Eero Saarinen

Kresge Auditorium, 1955
Oval shaped building with around top that has a point that goes to the ground and has glass siding.

Eero Saarinen

MIT Chapel, 1954
The MIT Chapel in pictured in front of a blue sky and trees.

Alvar Aalto

Baker House, 1949
Aerial view of a building with a wave like shape on a main road with trees in the fall.

Ralph Thomas Walker

Hayden Memorial Library, 1948
Grey building with 5 large vertical windows and a sculpture on the front lawn.

Herbert L. Beckwith and Laurence B. Anderson

MIT Alumni Pool, 1939
Glass building on the left and rock landscaping and stone stairs in the foreground.

Harry J. Carlson

Sloan Laboratories, 1928
Grey and white building with lots of windows and some bikes out front.

Edwin Blashfield

Walker Memorial Mural, 1923-30
Large scale murals from floor to ceiling hung in a conference room.

William Welles Bosworth

Maclaurin Buildings, 1913
Domed stone building with tall columns against a blue sky and trees peaking out on the left and right.

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