Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

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The Broad Art Museum

East entrance of the MSU Broad
Established	November 2012
Location	547 East Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan
Coordinates	42°43′57.88″N 84°28′36.29″W / 42.7327444°N 84.4767472°W / 42.7327444; -84.4767472
Type	Contemporary Art Museum
Collection size	10,000+ [2]
Visitors	125,000–150,000 annually[1]
Director	Steven L. Bridges
Nearest parking	MSU campus parking lots 7 & 8 and the Grand River parking structure
Website	broadmuseum.msu.edu

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (MSU Broad or BAM) is a nonprofit, contemporary art museum designed by Zaha Hadid located on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It opened on November 10, 2012.^[3][4]

The rotating exhibition schedule allows for frequent new shows to be on view. The museum's curatorial focus is a global focus on emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibitions consist largely of contemporary artists, including those achieving their Master of Fine Arts degree at Michigan State University, as well as shows of selected works from the collection. The MSU Broad organizes a few hundred programs for various ages, open to all at no charge. Admission to the galleries and all community events and programs is free for all visitors.^{[citation needed]}

The leading gift to the MSU Broad's collection was provided by Eli and Edythe Broad upon its establishment. The museum, although contemporary, has a large collection of historical works that were inherited from the Kresge Art Museum, MSU's former art museum, when it closed. This collection includes over 10,000 works and growing and represents a wide array of artistic production from the ancient to the present, across the world, in a variety of media. Significant holdings include Ancient Greek and Roman antiquities; pre-Columbian sculptures and vessels; Medieval and Renaissance illuminations; Old Master paintings; 19th-century American paintings; 20th-century sculpture by artists such as Alexander Calder and Jenny Holzer; and works by contemporary artists such as Chuck Close and Ann Hamilton. Their focus in collection growth and new acquisitions is on modern and contemporary works (post-1945).^{[citation needed]}

The MSU Broad Art Museum was a location for filming portions of the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in October 2014.^[5]