Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

The Museum of Contemporary Art (abbreviated MCA) in Sydney, Australia is an Australian museum solely dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art, both from across Australia and around the world. It is housed in the Art Deco-style former Maritime Services Board Building on the western edge of Circular Quay.

History

Main entrance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

The establishment of the MCA was manadated in the will of Australian expatriate artist John Power (1881–1943), who bequeathed his personal fortune to the University of Sydney with the express purpose of informing and educating Australians in the contemporary visual arts.

With the relocation of the Maritime Services Board (MSB) to larger premises in 1989, the former MSB Building was donated by the NSW State Government to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Funded by the University of Sydney and the Power Bequest, restoration and refurbishment of the building commenced in 1990 under the direction of Andrew Anderson of Peddle Thorpe/John Holland Interiors and in November 1991 the Museum of Contemporary Art officially opened.

Extensions were commenced in 2010 to a design by Sydney architect Sam Marshall. The new extension, to be called the Mordant Wing, is due to open in March 2012.

External links

• Museum of Contemporary Art official website
• Museum of Contemporary Art Artabase page