At an April 9 ceremony, officials with The Broad contemporary art museum officially broke ground on a $100-million expansion project.

Aerial view of The Broad expansion site looking eastGary Leonard

The project, expected to be completed in 2028, is expected to increase the amount of gallery space at The Broad by 70 percent. The expansion comes as the museum has repeatedly welcomed at least one million visitors annually, and even recorded its highest one-day attendance in history when 6,800 people entered the museum in March 2025.

“It has been wonderful to see so many people enjoying art at The Broad,” said Edythe L. Broad, who co-founded the museum along with her late husband Eli Broad. “It has succeeded beyond my and Eli’s wildest dreams. Expanding the museum reflects our belief in the importance of art as a resource for everyone and in the vision Eli and I shared for Los Angeles as a world art capital.”

Exterior rendering of the existing and expanded BroadThe Broad / Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) / Plomp

Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm which designed The Broad, will serve the same role for the expansion project. But while the original concept was described as "the veil and vault," with a white honeycomb encompassing a grey concrete core, the addition flips that idea, bringing the concrete outside to greet passersby. In addition, plans call for several new courtyards that open to the sky, as well as an art storage gallery which will provide access to areas typically kept hidden by allowing visitors to walk among painting racks on the second floor.

The Broad, which opened its doors in 2015, has a collection of more than 2,000 artworks spanning from the 1950s through present, including pieces from Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Takashi Murakami, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. Since its debut one decade ago, general admission has been kept free of charge, as will continue to be the case after completion of the expansion.

Groundbreaking ceremony for The Broad expansionGary Leonard

The expansion, set for completion before the return of the Olympics to Los Angeles in 2028, also breaks ground on the heels of a vote by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to create a new cultural district centered on the Grand Avenue corridor. The street is home to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Music Center, among other offerings.

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