Former name | Boston Museum of Modern Art |
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Established | 1936 |
Location | 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA 02210 |
Coordinates | 42°21′10″N 71°02′34″W / 42.352843°N 71.042857°W |
Type | Art museum |
Accreditation | American Alliance of Museums |
Director | Jill Medvedow |
Architect | Diller Scofidio + Renfro |
Public transit access | Courthouse Station |
Website | icaboston.org |
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936. Since then it has gone through multiple name changes as well as moving its galleries and support spaces over 13 times. Its current home was built in 2006 in the South Boston Seaport District and designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.[1]