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Wiesner Arts and Media Technology Building

The Wiesner building houses the MIT Media Lab and the and is named in honor of former MIT president Jerome Wiesner and his wife Laya.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: building on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus
  • Also known as: “Building E15”, “E15 Wiesner Building”, “Jerome A. Wiesner Wiesner Arts and Media Technology Building”, “Weisner Building”, “Wiesner building”, and “Wiesner Building”
  • Address: 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include List Visual Arts Center and MIT Museum.

Arts center
Established in 1950, the is the contemporary art museum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is known for temporary exhibitions in its galleries located in the MIT Media Lab building, as well as its administration of the permanent art collection distributed throughout the university campus, faculty offices, and student housing.

Museum
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The , founded in 1971, is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in . It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. is situated 530 feet northeast of Wiesner Arts and Media Technology Building.

Work of art
is a 1975 black Cor-ten steel sculpture by Louise Nevelson, installed on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and Wellington-Harrington.

Locality
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is a neighborhood in , United States. The itself is at the intersection of the Main Street and Broadway. It also refers to the broad business district east of Portland Street, northwest of the , north of MIT and south of Binney Street.

Neighborhood
, also known as Area 3, is a neighborhood in . Overlapping with and , it is bounded by Hampshire Street and Broadway on the southwest, the Grand Junction railroad tracks on the east, and the town line on the north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of . is bounded by the and the neighborhood of Boston on the east, the border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.

Wiesner Arts and Media Technology Building

Latitude
42.36085° or 42° 21′ 39″ north
Longitude
-71.08763° or 71° 5′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Levels
5
Height
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W66+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 177921762
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4955619
Wiki­data ID
Q7999383
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In Other Languages

“Wiesner Arts and Media Technology Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “威斯納館”

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