Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Art museum in Tucson, United States

The Museum of Contemporary Art occupies Tucson's former Fire Station #1 on Church Avenue, a modernist building decommissioned in 2009. The main hall that once housed fire trucks now serves as the main exhibition space, while first-floor offices became white-box galleries and firefighters' quarters were converted into artist-in-residence accommodations.

MOCA was incorporated in spring 1997 by Julia Latané, James Graham and David Wright, growing out of the Toole Shed Studios cooperative. Volunteers converted an abandoned warehouse at 191 East Toole Avenue into over 4,000 square feet of galleries in 1998. In 2010 the museum moved into Tucson's decommissioned Fire Station #1 on Church Avenue, keeping the truck hall as its main exhibition space.

MOCA's name dates from its 1997 incorporation by Julia Latané, James Graham and David Wright, who built it from the Toole Shed Studios collective. Today it stages eight to twelve exhibitions a year and hosts ArtNow!, an Artist Talk series, dance, performance and music events. Its Artist-in-Residence Program, relaunched in 2017, gives seven artists a year studio and housing space.

The museum operates on specific days and hours, so it is wise to check the current schedule before visiting. Allow time to walk through the gallery spaces and take in the different exhibitions at a comfortable pace.

The museum's home was Tucson's Fire Station #1, decommissioned in 2009; the hall that once held fire trucks is now the main exhibition space, and the firefighters' quarters became artist-in-residence housing. MOCA moved there in 2010.