Museum of Modern Art – MoMA,

Website: http://www.moma.org/
Tel: (212) 708-9400

(MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The museum is often considered a rival to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

MoMA was designed by the modernist architect Edward Durell Stone and first opened to the public on November 7, 1929. Considered by many to have the best collection of modern masterpieces in the world, it houses such important works as:

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian
Water Lilies triptych by Claude Monet
Dance by Henri Matisse
The Bather by Paul Cézanne
Self-Portrait With Cropped Hair by Frida Kahlo

It also holds works by leading American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, and Ralph Bakshi. MoMA developed a world-renowned art photography collection, first under Edward Steichen and then John Szarkowski, as well as an important film collection under the Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video. MoMA also has an important design collection, which includes works from such legendary designers as Paul László, the Eameses, Isamu Noguchi, and George Nelson.

Address: 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Hours:
Sat-Tue 10:30am-5:45pm
Wed CLOSED
Thurs 10:30am?5:45pm
Fri 10:30am?8:15pm

Admissions:
Adults $10.00
Students/seniors $6.50
Pay as you wish on Fridays from 4:30-8:15
Free to children under 16 accompanied by an adult.