Two years ago, Boston College announced that it planned to relocate the McMullen Museum of Art to a building on the school’s Brighton campus that was the former residence of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston. The move would allow the museum — which has hosted exhibitions of artists such as Edvard Munch, Paul Klee, Georges Rouault, Wifredo Lam, and Gustave Courbet — to expand its space to 30,000 square feet. The college announced Monday the renovated space will open in September.

The venue, built in 1927 in the Roman Renaissance Revival style, features main galleries on the second floor, a smaller gallery and support space on the third, and a large rooftop terrace. A conference center with reception rooms on the first floor displays Old Master and 19th-century American paintings.

The building was previously owned by the Boston Archdiocese, which sold it to settle obligations in the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Cardinal Bernard Law was the last archbishop to live in the mansion.