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Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), which authored the site's masterplan, instlled a visitor center in the former coal washing plant opposite the main gate. The image to the left shows the plant and its iconic hoisting rig from the so-called "court of honor." The image at center shows the five-story escalator corridor that (quite harmoniously) plugs into the plant and carries visitors to the reception desk. I took the image to the right looking down the lit railing of an orange stair inhabiting the cavernous space between museum shop / cafe and exhibition space.