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UC Irvine Completes Takeover of Orange County Museum of Art

The move consolidates roughly 9,000 works under university stewardship with free admission pledged through 2032.

Overview

  • UC Irvine now manages the 53,000-square-foot, $98 million museum at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
  • OCMA’s workforce has joined the university as employees, and the museum’s board has been dissolved.
  • No money changed hands as UC Irvine assumed OCMA’s assets and expenses, according to university officials.
  • Exhibitions and programs will remain separate through 2026 as Langson IMCA prepares to leave its Von Karman Avenue site and relocate to the Segerstrom facility.
  • A national search is underway for an executive director to lead the newly named UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art following Heidi Zuckerman’s exit earlier this year.