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A large vitrine encasing black and white photographs in the middle of an open atrium, with a colourful illustrated timeline adhered to the wall behind

MIT List Visual Arts Center · Kendall Square, Cambridge

40 Years of Contemporary Art

Now showing19 March 2026 – 20 December 2026·Free

An anniversary display tracing the List's origins in the Hayden Gallery, founded 1950, and four decades in the Wiesner Building since it opened on 1 October 1985.

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