Downtown L.A. is now one step closer to a monumental cultural upgrade!
On Wednesday, museum and city officials gathered to celebrate the topping-out of The Broad’s highly anticipated expansion. As Urbanize LA reports, the ambitious project is fully on track to welcome visitors before the city hosts the 2028 Olympics.
The topping out ceremony
The event, which honored the skill and dedication of the construction team, was marked by a ceremonial beam signing before a crane lifted the final piece of steel into place. This action officially completed the new building’s framework. The expansion, which broke ground in 2025, is designed to dramatically transform the contemporary art museum’s footprint by adding 50,000-square-feet that will increase The Broad’s total gallery space by a massive 70 percent.
Exciting features inside the expansion
Here is what you can expect:
- Top-Floor Outdoor Courtyards: Two new open-air, top-floor courtyards will give visitors a scenic place to relax and enjoy art outdoors.
- New Live Programming Space: A flexible ground-floor hub will host boundary-breaking performances, live concerts, multimedia installations, and family workshops.
- Next-Level Vault Views: Visitors will be invited into a dynamic art storage vault equipped with sliding painting racks. Because different works are constantly pulled out, unexpected themes will emerge during every visit.
- 70% More Art on View: A massive increase in gallery space will allow the museum to display much more of its growing contemporary collection.
The next steps for The Broad Museum
The Broad will remain open during construction, and general admission will continue to be free! Now, the excitement shifts to the next critical steps in the construction process. s the countdown to the 2028 opening continues, we will be watching eagerly as this ambitious blueprint transforms into one of Los Angeles’ next great cultural landmark.
