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is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. The museum's collection offers an unparalleled overview of modern and contemporary art,[including works of Architecture, and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, Photography, prints, illustrated boos and artist s books, film, and electronic media.

MoMA's library and archives hold over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, as well as individual files on more than 70,000 artists. The archives contain primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. It also houses a restaurant, The Modern, run by Alsace-born chef Gabriel Kreuther.

Gallery of Modern Art (Old Stirlings Library)

HISTORY
The idea for The Museum of Modern Art was developed in 1928 primarily by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and two of her friends, Lillie P and Mary Quinn Sullivan. They rented modest quarters for the new museum in rented spaces in the Heckscher Building at 730 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and it opened to the public on November 7, 1929. At the time, it was America's premier museum devoted exclusively to modern art, and the first of its kind in Manhattan to exhibit European modernism. First housed in six rooms of galleries and offices on the twelfth floor of Manhattan's Heckscher Building,on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, the museum moved into three more temporary locations within the next ten years.

During that time it initiated many more exhibitions of noted artists, such as the lone Vicent van Gogh. The museum also gained international prominence with the hugely successful and now famous Picasso retrospective.

The Olive Trees (June, 1889) Museum of Modern Art

Starry Night By Vicent van Gogh (1889) Museum of Modern Art, NY

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) Museum of Modern Art. NY

Architecture and Design MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design was founded in 1932, as the first in the world dedicated to the topic. The collection consists of 28,000 works including architectural models, drawings and photographs.One of the highlights of the collection is the Mies van der Rohe Archive.

The Young Architects Program 2009 Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition houses At various points in its history, MoMA has sponsored and hosted temporary exhibition houses, which have reflected seminal ideas in architectural history.

Cellophane House is a five-story, offsite fabricated dwelling commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, on display July 20 through October 20, 2008. The 1800 squarefoot residence has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living and dining space, a roof terrace, and a carport.

Today, The museum of Modern Art is located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

The Regular hours of the Museum are: Sunday : 10:30 a.m. 5:30p.m. Monday: 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: Closed Wednesday : 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Thursday : 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. (Open until 8:30 p.m. the first Thursday of every month) Friday: 10:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. The Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

The Museum is located in midtown Manhattan, New York City, at 11 West Fifty-third Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. You can get to the museum by bus: * From the east side of Manhattan: M1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to 53rd Street * From the west side of Manhattan M50 cross-town to 50th Street. Proceed to 53rd Street.

By Subway:

* From the east side of Manhattan 6 train to 51st Street, transfer to the E or M train; one stop to 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue * From the west side of Manhattan E or M train to 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue, or B, D, or F train to 47-50 Street Rockefeller Center

On the first floor you can visit the sculpture Garden, but it is closed during inclement weather . Here we can found the store, lobby and restaurant . On the second level you can visit Contemporary Galleries, Prints and Illustrated books, Media, Special Exhibitions, Caf and stores. On the third level, you can visit architecture and design Gallery, drawing, photography and special exhibitions.

*On the fourth and fifth level, we can found painting and sculptures. * And on the sixth level, are located Special exhibitions and stores.

Admission is free for all visitors during Target Free Friday Nights, held every Friday evening from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets for Target Free Friday Nights are not available in advance. Your Target Free Friday Night ticket permits you to all other Museum galleries, exhibitions, and films. Please note: Film tickets may be obtained for same-day screenings at no charge by presenting your Museum admission ticket stub at the film desk.

Adults: $25 Seniors(65 and over with ID): $18 Students(full-time with current ID):$14 Children(16 and under)Free This policy does not apply to children in groups. Members: Free Guests of Members: $5

If you need to go to the restroom/cafeteria you need to go to the first floor.

For more information you can visit the website: http://www.moma.org

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time has passed; during a particular period of time. y Highlight (VERB) to emphasize something, especially so that people give it more attention y Cellophane (NOUN) a thin transparent plastic material used for wrapping things