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There are dozens of additional hotels, motels, and B&Bs within a short drive of Mass MoCA. After a long day of walking around the sprawling museum, the 24-hour hot tub is the best perk of all. The latter is a retro-chic, yummy-breakfast-included inn with a transformation story to rival Mass MoCA’s: You’ll be rooming in historic Victorian row houses that were home to mill workers in the 19th century, and you’ll love the blend of vintage decor and high-tech modern amenities. Stay within walking distance of Mass MoCA at the Holiday Inn Berkshires in North Adams or at the quirky and fun Porches Inn at Mass MoCA directly across the street. The Porches Inn at Mass MoCA Photo Credit : Courtesy of the Porches Inn Inns and Hotels Near Mass MoCA Check the museum’s event schedule, and time your visit to coincide with a concert or other performance. Unleash your inner musician in the hands-on “No Experience Required” room, featuring educator Gunnar Schonbeck’s collection of invented instruments. Bring a sketch pad or notebook to draw or jot down ideas they inspire. Some are of such a grand scale, they will likely never be exhibited again. You’ll be able to linger and really internalize the impressions you get from viewing installations. In recognition of just how large the complex has become, Mass MoCA has introduced a two-day admission ticket, which allows you to return a second day during the same week. A virtual reality experience at Mass MoCA Photo Credit : Kim Knox Beckius Exploring Mass MoCA in Two Days or More Be sure to appreciate the facility’s 19th-century architectural details and to pick up colorful gifts at Hardware, the Mass MoCA gift shop. You’ll be able to take a more methodical and leisurely approach to seeing all of the art housed in 250,000 square feet of bold and distinctive gallery space. Make reservations in advance for some of Mass MoCA’s most immersive experiences, including avant-garde superstar Laurie Anderson’s dizzying virtual reality world.

Natasha Bowdoin’s Maneater installation at Mass MoCA Photo Credit : Kim Knox Beckius Exploring Mass MoCA in a Day There is always an evocative, must-see installation in Building 5’s gigantic two-story space - and snapping Instagram photos with Sol LeWitt’s bold, geometric wall drawings is practically mandatory. Free, beautifully designed exhibit guides available at the information desk will help you determine which artists’ works appeal to you, and you can take the guides home to read later for better understanding of the creations you’ve viewed. Wear sneakers, move fast, and allow your senses to be overwhelmed by the variety and size of the art on exhibit in this mazelike museum. Laurie Anderson artwork at Mass MoCA Photo Credit : Kim Knox Beckius Exploring Mass MoCA in a Few Hours Singer Drake is such a fan, the music video for “Hotline Bling” was inspired by Turrell’s art. Now that Building 6 completes the 25-year master plan that architects drew up for the site, Mass MoCA has gallery space for long-term partnerships with monumental artists like James Turrell, a visionary manipulator of light and space. There’s a vitality here that is rare in the museum world, a sense that this nearly 20-year-old museum is still in startup mode. If floor reinforcement is required to support a 15-ton Louise Bourgeois sculpture, well, this can-do museum is in the business of figuring out such logistics. Every 10 months or so, fresh art takes up residence in the museum’s enormous halls. One of the most distinctive things about Mass MoCA is that it owns no permanent collection.

Mass MoCA Photo Credit : Kim Knox Beckius Navigating Mass MoCA’s Exhibits Expansion into Building 6 in 2017 doubled the museum’s size, ensuring there is no bigger destination on the continent for total immersion in the dynamic creations of contemporary artists. The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - known simply now as Mass MoCA - opened in 1999. It took years of political and financial maneuvering, but from the moment North Adams mayor John Barrett III had the lightbulb idea that these funky brick buildings might somehow form a new type of art venue, a groundswell of support made the complex’s transformation inevitable.