Housed in a 16-acre complex of renovated 19th-century factory buildings, it is one of the largest and most ambitious contemporary art institutions in the United States. Instead of erasing this industrial past, the museum's design embraces it, creating a unique environment where art and history intersect.The museum’s huge, light-filled galleries (one nearly the size of a football field) allows MASS MoCAto exhibit large-scale, immersive installations that would be impossible to realize in a conventional museum setting.