Hotels near the Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art, known as MoMA, is at 11 West 53 Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Why stay near Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art, known as MoMA, is at 11 West 53 Street in Midtown Manhattan. Its collection brings together painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, drawings, prints, film, media and performance. Collection displays rotate, and the museum presents special exhibitions alongside them, so check what is on view before planning a visit around a particular work. General admission includes the collection galleries and special exhibitions. Book through the official ticket page and consult the visitor information for current hours and entry arrangements.
About Museum of Modern Art
MoMA was established in 1929 by a group of trustees led by Lillie P. Bliss, Mary Quinn Sullivan and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Its founding director was Alfred H. Barr Jr. After several temporary locations, the museum opened its Midtown building in 1939. Its history includes expansions in the 1950s and 1960s by Philip Johnson, a major renovation by Cesar Pelli in 1984, and the later Yoshio Taniguchi project, whose museum galleries reopened in 2004 and education building opened in 2006.
The museum describes a collection of approximately 200,000 works spanning several forms of visual expression. Its library, archives, film programmes and educational activities extend beyond the gallery displays. Works are shown in rotating installations, so the presence of an artist in the collection does not guarantee that a particular work will be on display during your visit.
