Mima

Introduction
The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) is a major art gallery for modern and contemporary art and craft, and describes itself as the useful museum, promoting art as a tool for social change. mima's programme combines collection and current exhibitions with learning activities, commissions, and community projects. Situated in the Centre Square in Middlesbrough, the gallery opened in 2007, and was designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects and landscape architects West 8. The site includes galleries, project and event spaces, collection stores, a conservation studio, as well as a café, shop, and garden.

mima is part of Teesside University, and funded by Middlesbrough Council and Arts Council England. It is a member of the Plus Tate network and partner of ‘The Uses of Art – The Legacy of 1848 and 1989’, a project by the European museums confederation L’Internationale.