Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd | between 5th & 6th Avenues
Midtown West | Manhattan
to 47th-50th Streets | 
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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