Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art gallery situated on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown. It is frequently cited as one of the biggest and most important museums of contemporary art in the world, and it contributes significantly to the creation and collection of modern art. The collection at MoMA provides an overview of modern and contemporary art, encompassing works in architecture and design, illustration and artist's books, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, cinema, and electronic media. The MoMA Library has more than 40,000 files of ephemera regarding specific artists and organizations, together with around 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, 1,000 periodicals, and more. The archives include original documentation on the development of modern and contemporary art.

A 64% increase from 2020 to 1,160,686 visitors were attracted in 2021. On the list of the world's most popular art museums in 2021, it came in at number fifteen. Architecture and Design, Drawings and Prints, Film, Media and Performance, Painting and Sculpture, and Photography are the six curatorial departments that make up the MoMA. The MoMA's assets, which are widely regarded as having the finest collection of contemporary Western masterpieces in the world, consist of more over 150,000 unique works in addition to some 22,000 films and 4 million film stills. It represents more than 13,000 artists, of whom 80% are men, 20% are women, and 3 are non-binary.

Detailed information:

• Founded: 1929
• Museum of Modern Art Location: NYC, USA
• Museum of Modern Art Annual Visitors: 2.1 million