Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was founded in 1929 to provide New York City with a venue exclusively for modern art.  Led by progressive patrons Miss Lillie P. Bliss, Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the museum was a daring venture at the time as most museums were too conservative to display modern art.  However, MoMA was incredibly popular, and it grew over the years to become one of the most influential museums of modern and contemporary art in the world.  The museum was completely renovated in 2004, opening a brand-new building designed by Yoshio Taniguchi with almost double the space for exhibitions and programs.  Today, MoMA’s collection includes over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects and 22,000 films.

• See iconic works of modern art including The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso, and The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
• Discover the exciting world of contemporary art in New York City with installations and exhibitions by up-and-coming artists domestic and international
• It’s not just art – MoMA also displays classic examples of modern design from daily life such as Eames-designed furniture, the Bic Crystal® Ballpoint pen, and the Vespa motor scooter

For more information, visit the official website at http://www.moma.org/.