The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum stands on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing. Zaha Hadid won the design competition, announced on January 15, 2008. Eli and Edythe Broad gave an initial $26 million, announced on June 1, 2007. Ground was broken on March 16, 2010, and the museum opened on November 10, 2012. The article names no architectural style.
The structure is steel and concrete with a pleated stainless steel and glass exterior. It has about 46,000 square feet (4,300 m²) on three levels, a floating central staircase and a sculpture garden. The building earned LEED Silver certification.
The museum replaced the Kresge Art Museum and holds more than 10,000 works. General admission and community programs are free, though some special exhibitions charge a fee. Attendance peaked at 98,000 in 2013. The article gives no hours.
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