The museum is located in the historic storefront of C-Squat, a legendary occupied building in the East Village. The mission of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is to preserve history and promote scholarship of grassroots urban space activism by researching and archiving efforts to create community spaces. The museum also exhibits materials that document these actions to educate people on the political implications of reclaimed space. MoRUS is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization.