Please arrive promptly by your reservation time, as entrance doors are locked and latecomers will not be able to enter the museum. After checking in at the Security desk in the front lobby, visitors begin to walk out to the Skyspace in order to arrive about 35-40 minutes before sunrise. The program ends shortly after the sun rises. At check-in, you will receive a map that indicates a pathway to the Skyspace. Please follow that path at all times as the rest of the museum is closed. The path is fully accessible, please contact us at accessibility@massmoca.org if you have any questions before your visit. The light program will begin approximately 30 minutes before sunrise. The program has concluded when the lights turn back to white. Please make your way back to the museum lobby at that time. Please note that the polished granite floors are slippery when wet. For your safety, please exercise caution when in C.A.V.U. and when traveling the paths to and from the Skyspace.

The work is optimally experienced when the sun is just below the horizon—in the liminal period between night and day, dark and light. As viewers look up at the oculus in the structure’s roof, the sky’s colors are altered by the artist’s light program inside, dramatically revealing the relativity of color and perception. The appearance of the sky moves between infinite and flat, reminiscent of a continuously changing painting, or at times taking on the appearance of a solid disc—almost close enough to touch.

Please arrive promptly by your reservation time, as entrance doors are locked and latecomers will not be able to enter the lobby. After checking in at the Security desk in the front lobby, visitors walk out to the Skyspace about 5 to 10 minutes before sunset and remain for a half hour or so of twilight. At check-in, you will receive a map that indicates a pathway to the Skyspace. Please follow that path at all times as the rest of the museum is closed. The path is fully accessible, please contact us at accessibility@massmoca.org if you have any questions before your visit. The light program will begin at sunset and will run for approximately 30 minutes. The program has concluded when the lights turn back to white. Please make your way back to the museum lobby at that time. Please note that the polished granite floors are slippery when wet. For your safety, please exercise caution when in C.A.V.U. and when traveling the paths to and from the Skyspace.

The work is optimally experienced when the sun is just below the horizon—in the liminal period between day and night, light and dark. As viewers look up at the oculus in the structure’s roof, the sky’s colors are altered by the artist’s light program inside, dramatically revealing the relativity of color and perception. The appearance of the sky moves between infinite and flat, reminiscent of a continuously changing painting, or at times taking on the appearance of a solid disc—almost close enough to touch.