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                             November 29, 2022

       Joshua Goldstein
       General Counsel and Secretary
       Masterworks 178, LLC
       225 Liberty Street, 29th Floor
       New York, New York 10281

                                                        Re: Masterworks 178,
LLC
                                                            Offering Statement
on Form 1-A
                                                            Filed November 23,
2022
                                                            File No. 024-12079

       Dear Joshua Goldstein:

                                                        This is to advise you
that we do not intend to review your offering statement.

               We will consider qualifying your offering statement at your
request. If a participant in
       your offering is required to clear its compensation arrangements with
FINRA, please have
       FINRA advise us that it has no objections to the compensation
arrangements prior to
       qualification.

               We remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of
       action by the staff. We also remind you that, following qualification of
your Form 1-A, Rule 257
       of Regulation A requires you to file periodic and current reports,
including a Form 1-K which
       will be due within 120 calendar days after the end of the fiscal year
covered by the report.

                                                        Please contact Taylor
Beech at 202-551-4515 with any questions.




                             Sincerely,


                             Division of Corporation Finance

                             Office of Trade & Services