• About
    • Mission & History
    • Staff • Contact Us
    • Board of Directors
    • COVID-19
    • Annual Report
    • Newsletter
    • Transportation
  • Visual Arts
    • Workshops!
    • In Person Kids and Teens Classes
    • Online Kids and Teens Classes
    • In Person Adult Classes
    • Online Adult Classes
    • Summer Ceramics
    • Meet the Teachers
  • Performing Arts
    • Munroe Saturday Nights >
      • Next Performance
      • Upcoming Play Reading
      • Recorded Performances
      • Season Schedule
    • The Dance Inn
    • Lexington Music School
    • Lexington School of Ballet
  • Arts in the Community
    • ArtWalk >
      • Painted Posts
      • Signs of Inspiration
      • Barrier Beautification >
        • Artist Tips
      • ArtWalk 2020 >
        • Art Locations
      • OutdoorOrnaments
    • EarthDay
    • Sculpture Garden
    • Labyrinth
    • Art Gallery >
      • In The Gallery
      • Exhibit Your Art / Curate a Show >
        • Gallery Waiver
  • Camps
    • February Vacation Program
    • April Vacation Program
    • Summer Camp
  • Support
    • Donate
    • Sponsors! >
      • Business Sponsors
    • Volunteering
    • Funding Special Projects
    • ArtCards
MUNROE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Staff • Contact Us
    • Board of Directors
    • COVID-19
    • Annual Report
    • Newsletter
    • Transportation
  • Visual Arts
    • Workshops!
    • In Person Kids and Teens Classes
    • Online Kids and Teens Classes
    • In Person Adult Classes
    • Online Adult Classes
    • Summer Ceramics
    • Meet the Teachers
  • Performing Arts
    • Munroe Saturday Nights >
      • Next Performance
      • Upcoming Play Reading
      • Recorded Performances
      • Season Schedule
    • The Dance Inn
    • Lexington Music School
    • Lexington School of Ballet
  • Arts in the Community
    • ArtWalk >
      • Painted Posts
      • Signs of Inspiration
      • Barrier Beautification >
        • Artist Tips
      • ArtWalk 2020 >
        • Art Locations
      • OutdoorOrnaments
    • EarthDay
    • Sculpture Garden
    • Labyrinth
    • Art Gallery >
      • In The Gallery
      • Exhibit Your Art / Curate a Show >
        • Gallery Waiver
  • Camps
    • February Vacation Program
    • April Vacation Program
    • Summer Camp
  • Support
    • Donate
    • Sponsors! >
      • Business Sponsors
    • Volunteering
    • Funding Special Projects
    • ArtCards

About the Munroe School Building

The Munroe School, owned by the Town of Lexington, has housed teachers and students since its groundbreaking in 1905. Students--both from elementary school days and contemporary art school days--uniformly express warm memories of their teachers and classrooms. Perhaps there is a spirit of comfort and inspiration that looks over the building?

The Town of Lexington surplused the Munroe School about 1981. In the beginning, local cable TV and a Christian organization used the building. A group of Lexington artists and arts educators came together to from ARTS/Lexington and began to manage the building in 1984. Several of the current schools hail to this time. This umbrella organization lasted ten years at which time, in 1994, it was superceded by Lexington Friends of the Arts, doing business as Munroe Center for the Arts.

Leases 

Tenants of Munroe Center for the Arts pay triple-net rents and market rates for the old school building they inhabit. Schools pay $16/s.f. and artists pay $13.5/s.f. for their studio spaces.

Munroe Center for the Arts signed a license agreement (temporary lease) in June 2009 with the Town of Lexington for $24,000/year, retroactive to October, 2008.

Laurie Dell'Olio, Business Manager
781-862-6040
 Lexington Friends of the Arts dba Munroe Center for the Arts • 1403 Massachusetts Avenue • Lexington MA 02420 • 781-862-6040 
Copyright © 2019 Munroe Center for the Arts
Images may not be copied without permission from Munroe Center for the Arts
and/or the artist(s) who created the image(s).

  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Staff • Contact Us
    • Board of Directors
    • COVID-19
    • Annual Report
    • Newsletter
    • Transportation
  • Visual Arts
    • Workshops!
    • In Person Kids and Teens Classes
    • Online Kids and Teens Classes
    • In Person Adult Classes
    • Online Adult Classes
    • Summer Ceramics
    • Meet the Teachers
  • Performing Arts
    • Munroe Saturday Nights >
      • Next Performance
      • Upcoming Play Reading
      • Recorded Performances
      • Season Schedule
    • The Dance Inn
    • Lexington Music School
    • Lexington School of Ballet
  • Arts in the Community
    • ArtWalk >
      • Painted Posts
      • Signs of Inspiration
      • Barrier Beautification >
        • Artist Tips
      • ArtWalk 2020 >
        • Art Locations
      • OutdoorOrnaments
    • EarthDay
    • Sculpture Garden
    • Labyrinth
    • Art Gallery >
      • In The Gallery
      • Exhibit Your Art / Curate a Show >
        • Gallery Waiver
  • Camps
    • February Vacation Program
    • April Vacation Program
    • Summer Camp
  • Support
    • Donate
    • Sponsors! >
      • Business Sponsors
    • Volunteering
    • Funding Special Projects
    • ArtCards