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The '''Museum of Museums''' ('''MoM''') was a [[contemporary art]] center in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States, that was created and managed by curator, artist, and entrepreneur [[Greg Lundgren]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burbank|first=Megan|date=October 29, 2020|title=There's a new museum in Seattle. Here's what to see at Museum of Museums when it opens|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/heres-what-to-see-at-the-new-museum-of-museums-which-brings-witches-and-walls-of-neon-to-first-hill/|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105143452/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/heres-what-to-see-at-the-new-museum-of-museums-which-brings-witches-and-walls-of-neon-to-first-hill/|url-status=live}}</ref>
MoM was contained within a three-story mid-century medical building, designed by [[NBBJ]], on the [[Swedish Medical Center]] campus on [[First Hill, Seattle|First Hill]]. It previously was used for medical offices and records storage, among other businesses. Lundgren made an agreement with Swedish Health Services in 2019 to renovate the building, unused since {{circa|2012}}, as an art museum.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kiley|first=Brendan|date=October 29, 2020|title=Seattle's Museum of Museums is set to open, but there's still drama over its 3rd floor|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-museum-of-museums-is-set-to-open-but-theres-still-drama-over-its-3rd-floor/|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105053017/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-museum-of-museums-is-set-to-open-but-theres-still-drama-over-its-3rd-floor/|url-status=live}}</ref> The museum's final day of operation was September 1, 2023, due to plumbing issues in the building. There are no currently known plans for demolition or other use of the building.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vansynghel |first=Margo |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Seattle's Museum of Museums to shut down after three years |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-museum-of-museums-closing/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 3, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804004447/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-museum-of-museums-closing/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews |last=Seling |first=Megan |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Busted Sewer Pipe Closes Museum of Museums for Good |url=https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2023/08/03/79105821/busted-sewer-pipe-closes-museum-of-museums-for-good |access-date=September 8, 2023-09-08 |website=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908101127/https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2023/08/03/79105821/busted-sewer-pipe-closes-museum-of-museums-for-good |url-status=live }}</ref>
MoM had {{convert|8,000 square feet|sqft}} of space hosting two formal exhibition spaces, two additional on-site museums, rotating installations, murals and sculpture, a theater, weekly art classes, pop-ups, and a conceptual gift shop.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About Museum of Museums|url=https://www.museumofmuseums.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019112834/https://www.museumofmuseums.com/about|archive-date=October 19, 2020|access-date=October 31, 2020|website=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Vansynghel|first=Margo|date=October 14, 2020|title=Six new Seattle art spaces defying COVID|work=[[Crosscut.com]]|url=https://crosscut.com/culture/2020/10/six-new-seattle-art-spaces-defying-covid|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030164130/https://crosscut.com/culture/2020/10/six-new-seattle-art-spaces-defying-covid|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stefan|first=Milne|date=October 30, 2020|title=Seattle, Go See Some Art This November|work=[[Seattle Met]]|url=https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2020/10/where-to-see-art-in-seattle-this-november|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101041501/https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2020/10/where-to-see-art-in-seattle-this-november|url-status=live}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Portal|Museums|Pacific Northwest}}
* {{Official website|https://www.museumofmuseums.com/}}
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