MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum

Category Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections

Image of MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US | Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo)

Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo)

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Image of MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US | Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo) Image of MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US | Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo)
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Housed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a permanent collection of wondrous and playful machines from MIT's former artist in residence, Arthur Ganson.

Some of Ganson's wonderful machines bounce endlessly, others oil themselves, others perform mysterious tasks without explanation. Of particular interest is the sculpture in which a tiny wishbone must, Sisyphus-like, forever drag an enormous machine around behind him.

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  • Hours Tue.-Sun.: 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  • Website MIT Museum; Arthur Ganson
  • Address 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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The main building of the MIT Museum is located at 265 Massachusetts Ave. near Central Square and the MIT Campus. There are other changing exhibits at in nearby buildings.

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