MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo) http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/gans... (http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/ganson.html)

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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.

Update: The MIT Museum has closed its location on Massachusetts Avenue and is moving to a new location in Kendall Square.

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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.