Arsenal Center for the Arts
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The Arsenal Center for the Arts is a community arts center located in Watertown, Massachusetts on the former property of the Watertown Arsenal.
The centerpiece of the facility is the Charles Mosesian Theater, a 380 seat proscenium theater. The center also contains a black box theater, classrooms, artist's studios, and gallery space. The center is home to the New Repertory Theatre as well as the Watertown Children's Theatre.
[edit] History
The center was the culmination of years of fund raising efforts which began in 1998 with the formation of Watertown Arts on the Charles, or WATCH. The site chosen for construction of the facility was building 321 of the former Army Materials Technology Laboratory in Watertown. The center officially opened in 2005.