MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States

Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown Manhattan was the first museum devoted to the modern era. Today MoMA's rich and varied ... HomeExploreNearbyProfileAchievementsCollectionsThemesExperimentsArtistsMediumsArtmovementsHistoricaleventsHistoricalfiguresPlacesAboutSettingsViewactivitySendfeedbackPrivacy&TermsHomeExplorePlayNearbyFavoritesSigninLoading…Foundedin1929,TheMuseumofModernArt(MoMA)inmidtownManhattanwasthefirstmuseumdevotedtothemodernera.TodayMoMA’srichandvariedcollectionoffersapanoramicoverviewofmodernandcontemporaryart,fromtheinnovativeEuropeanpaintingandsculptureofthe1880stotoday'sfilm,design,andperformanceart.Fromaninitialgiftofeightprintsandonedrawing,thecollectionhasgrowntoincludeover150,000paintings,sculptures,drawings,prints,photographs,architecturalmodelsanddrawings,anddesignobjects;approximately22,000filmsandfourmillionfilmstills;and,initsLibraryandArchives,over300,000books,artistbooks,andperiodicals,andextensiveindividualfilesonmorethan70,000artists.CollectionhighlightsincludeClaudeMonet’sWaterLilies,VincentvanGogh’sTheStarryNight,andPabloPicasso’sLesDemoisellesd'Avignon,alongwithmorerecentworksbyAndyWarhol,ElizabethMurray,CindySherman,andmanyothers.TheMuseumpresentsanactivescheduleofmodernandcontemporaryartexhibitions,over1,000filmscreeningsayear,andawiderangeofeducationalprogramming,fromartisttalkstofamilyworkshops.ArchitectYoshioTaniguchi'snewMoMAbuildingopenedin2004,nearlydoublingthespacefortheMuseum'sexhibitionsandprograms,andenlargingthebelovedAbbyAldrichRockefellerSculptureGarden.Today,theMuseumwelcomesapproximately3millionvisitorseveryyearandhasmorethan130,000members.TheMuseumisaffiliatedwithMoMAPS1,oneoftheoldestandlargestnonprofitcontemporaryartcentersintheU.S.LocatedinQueens,NY,MoMAPS1presentsover50exhibitionseachyear,includingartists’retrospectivesandsite-specificinstallations,andafullscheduleofmusicandperformanceprogramming.Viewourcollectiononline:mo.ma/artExplorepastexhibitionsfrom1929tothepresent:mo.ma/historyPlanyourvisitin-person:mo.ma/visitShowlessReadmore1storyOnlineExhibitSophieTaeuber-ArpMoMATheMuseumofModernArtInthiscollectionViewAllContemporaryart51itemsPaper30itemsCanvas28itemsModernart26itemsOilpaint24itemsDrawing17items129itemsOrganizebyWhat'sonOnNowHenriMatisseTheRedStudioMay1,2022-Sep10,2022·$25.00OnNowOurSelves:PhotographsbyWomenArtistsfromHelenKornblumApr16,2022-Oct2,2022·$25.00BarbaraKrugerThinkingofYou.IMeanMe.IMeanYou.Jul16,2022-Jan2,2023·$25.00StudioResidencyOkwuiOkpokwasiliJul30,2022-Aug28,2022·$25.00WolfgangTillmansTolookwithoutfearSep12,2022-Jan1,2023·$25.00JustAboveMidtown:1974tothePresentOct9,2022-Feb18,2023·$25.00MeretOppenheimMyExhibitionOct30,2022-Mar4,2023·$25.00ShowlessViewMore(6)TheMuseumofModernArt11W53rdStNewYork,NY10019USAVisitMoMATheMuseumofModernArt'swebsiteOpeninghoursMonday10:30AM–5:30PMTuesday10:30AM–5:30PMWednesday10:30AM–5:30PMThursday10:30AM–5:30PMFriday10:30AM–5:30PMSaturday10:30AM–7:00PMSunday10:30AM–5:30PMTranslatewithGoogleGoogleapps