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Museum of Modern Art


11 W 53rd | between 5th & 6th Avenues

Midtown West | Manhattan

6th Av Expres 6th Av Express 6th Av Local to 47th-50th Streets | 8th Av Local 6th Ave Local to 5th Avenue

General Information

 

Contact  212-708-9480 | Museum of Modern Art

Hours

Monday 10:30A to 5:30P

Wednesday & Thursday 10:30A to 5:30P

Friday 10:30A to 8:00P

Saturday & Sunday 10:30A to 5:30P

Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day

Holiday Hours

Christmas Eve, Dec 24th 10:30A to 3:00P

Saturday, Dec 26th thru Monday, Jan 4th 9:30A to 5:30P

Friday, Jan 1st 9:30A to 8:00P

Extras

Restaurant | Cafe | Cafeteria | Bar | Design Store | Book Store | Coat Check | Child Back Carriers | Parking | Walking Tours | Gallery Talks

Admission

Adults $20 | Seniors $16 | Students $12 | Children 16 & under Free

Special Admission Program

Target Free Friday Nights 4:00P to 8:00P

Highlights

 

The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1929 by three grande dames of New York City society, Miss Lillie P Bliss, Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs Cornelius J Sullivan. Starting with a donated collection of eight prints and one drawing the Museum's permanent collection has grown to almost 200,000 pieces representing all media

The constant expansion kept MoMA on the move during its early days, finally settling into its current location in 1939. Those keen of eye and geography will notice that this is Rockefeller country. The Museum has reworked, reinvented and rebuilt itself numerous times since. The most recent version of its facilities was unveiled in November 2004. (I have to admit that the $20 entrance fee has put me off and I can't speak to the new look or layout. I don't plan to visit until there's a show I really, really want to see, probably the Dada exhibit in September 2006)

The Museum was the first to organize works of modern media and technologies into separate curatorial departments. Joining the traditional disciplines Painting and Sculpture; Drawings; Prints and Illustrated Books, were three new fields, Architecture and Design; Film and Media;  and Photography

MoMA presents its permanent collection in six major exhibition spaces and mounts many special exhibitions throughout the year. It provides a wide -- make that an enormous -- variety of family and kids programs, educational programs, outreach programs, seminars, lectures and whatever else a museum can possibly offer

The Museum is affiliated with the PS 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City

Major Exhibitions listed by order of closing date

 

May 7 2010 thru March 21 2011

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography

 

June 30 thru January 24 2011

Projects 93: Dinh Q Le

 

August 1 thru November 1 2010

The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture 1839 to Today

 

July 18 thru October 11 2010

Matisse: Radical Invention 1913 - 1917

 

March 24 thru October 11 2010

Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront

 

March 28 thru September 6 2010

The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times

 

April 21 thru August 30 2010

Lee Bontecu: All Freedom in Every Sense

 

March 28 thru August 30 2010

Picasso: Themes and Variations

 

February 10 thru August 30 2010

Shape Lab

 

June 2 thru August 23 2010

Bruce Nauman Days

 

May 6 thru August 16 2010

Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions 1940s to Now

 

December 23 2009 thru July 26 2010

The New Typography

 

April 7 thru July 5 2010

Lost and Found: The Work of Bern Porter from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art Library

 

April 11 thru June 28 2010

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

 

March 14 thru May 31 2010

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

 

December 18 2009 thru May 31 2010

Performance 7: Mirage by Joan Jonas

 

February 24 thru May 24 2010

Projects 92: Yin Xiuzhen

 

February 3 thru May 18 2010

9 Screens

 

February 24 thru May 17 2010

William Kentridge: Five Themes

 

Things change quickly in NYC. Be sure to contact the museum or society for changes to schedules, admission fees, restrictions on children, strollers, backpacks, etc.

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