Mattress Factory Art Museum

What a great place to explore art and especially the Yayoi Kusuma exhibit! Loved exploring inside these walls. There's a few stops you can make through different buildings. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for interesting little finds. It's a definitely a nice place to check out and see all sorts of artistry! Finding it can be a little funny since we went to one of the other buildings before finding the main one - but they're all in walking distance of one another so it all worked out. Enjoy your time!

A great way to spend an afternoon in the city! There were very interesting exhibits. My only complaint is that this museum isn't accessible for everyone. Otherwise, this place is definitely worth visiting!

What an amazing museum! One of my favorite parts about going to a museum is the ability to let the mind wander and to freely create narratives about the art exhibits. I would recommend anyone wanting to spend an afternoon exploring and to check out the museum. Much to my dismay it has nothing to do with mattresses, and full of beautiful modern art. Every room provides a new perspective and unique piece. One of my favorite aspects of this museum is the fact that there are multiple building to see, and that it is very close to Randy land as well!

Always a stimulating and enlightening viewing experience. Multiple floors of rotating exhibits. Free parking?!? Heck yes!

Amazing art museum. We stumbled upon this and were shocked and in awe of how detailed, colorful and immersive these exhibits were. I would highly recommended visiting here. We were a little confused and surprised at the front of the mattress factory. We almost passed by but im super happy we didn't! Some of the stairs were tight, and the stairs up had water running in the railing. This really threw us off but was a wild surprise. There were some lines or waiting but this is normal and can be navigated by being mindful of when you visit.

This is a "modern art" museum rather than a "contemporary art" and so the messages being sent by the artists are more political and more specific. It's still interesting but if you're looking for portraits or landscapes by impressionists, it's not here.I did enjoy the creativity of some of the pieces. The "610-3356" by Sarah Oppenheimer is a hole in the floor that goes through the floor below into the courtyard. It's an "aperture" that offers a different view of the exhibit space. The deconstruction room was very interesting especially the requirement to wear eye and head protection. And the mirrored rooms were particularly interesting with the bright polka dots.Overall? It was interesting and I'm glad I stopped in. Because this is an "exhibit" museum rather than a "collection" one, the displays will be completely different the next time I come back to Pittsburgh.[Review 20431 overall - 640 in Pennsylvania - 1410 of 2023.]

This is one Museum I've had on my radar for a while. Liked what was there, but the main museum building is pretty sparse given the admission price. I expected more, maybe. Asim Waqif's Assume the Risk was impressive to see up close, and Shohei Katayama's "As Below, So Above" is breathtaking.My favorite parts of this was actually in the annex building - don't miss it! There's a free parking lot nearby, but be warned that it's tiny.

Not really a museum person. So I appreciate that it wasn't brutally long. Love the stair railing that has the water shoot out of it. Caught me off guard and was trying to figure out why my hand got wet.....lolI like that it's in a very residential area as opposed to downtown. More laid back atmosphere. I recommend paying the $20 & going for experience

I love fine art. I also enjoy contemporary art. This museum wasn't for me. For $20 it's like walking through an unfinished thought, not worth the time, effort or cost. The neighborhood is super cute though and I'd recommend a stroll around it.Upon paying the entrance fee, the docent recommends starting in an annex building down the block and when you enter. Upon arriving to this beautiful building, it's literally a room of trash. The funniest moment of the museum was as I was leaving that room a man walked in and took a piece of paper off the trash pile and the attendant told him to put it back "anywhere on the exhibit." When going back to the main building, they recommend you start in the 4th floor where they tell you to put on a hardhat and protective glasses. These aren't cleaned between guests so if you're not interested in doing that then you're not really missing out anyway. That floor is like a construction site imagined by a child. The gift shop is cute.

First piece of advice: ignore what any admissions people tell you and start on the second floor of the main building. Get a reservation for Paleides there if you want to see all of the museum. When we made it back, the next appointment was 1.5 hours away and we did not elect to wait.It took us about 1-1.5 hours to casually walk all three buildings, reading about 3/4 of the histories.This contemporary art museum will inspire different things with different people. The pieces are intended to make you think about the deeper meaning and intent of the artist. Visually speaking, most of them are not appealing. There are some architectural oddities in Second Home and some unique exhibits in the main building that utilize light and space well, but some are arguably unartistic. I would dare to say that many people will walk through the first floor of trash not knowing that it is intended to be an exhibit (as shown, it's a piece called "The Museum Collects Itself (2023)"). You may leave this museum scornfully thinking that art can be seen in everything - and maybe the museum has thus succeeded in broadening your perspective. But in the same way that L.A. filmmakers think that existentialism is #deep, pieces of trash do not make unique nor appealing modern art.I would read all of the narratives if you're looking for immersion. Or, try to get a guided tour if you really want to appreciate the pieces.