MOMA's permanent collection contains almost 200,000 works from around the world, spanning the last 150 years. The collection includes an ever-expanding range of visual expression, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, architecture, design, film, and media and performance art.
More than 10,000 artists are represented in MOMA's collection. Numerous temporary exhibitions are displayed simultaneously, year-round.
After being closed for a few months, MOMA re-opened October 21st, 2019, with 47,000 square feet of new galleries and spaces for performance and events. Along with these physical changes, the collection will be shown in new ways.
We visited a few days after the musuem had reopened. Read our article about the "new" MOMA.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Pirouette: Turning Points in Design
- Nov 15 2025
Objects that demonstrate the power of design to transform human experience
Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise
- Dec 13 2025
How cultural artifacts find new lives in different contexts
New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging
- Jan 17 2026
13 artists and collectives explore sites of belonging and forms of interconnectedness
Odili Donald Odita: Songs from Life
- Spring 2026
Kaleidoscopic large-scale commission in MoMA’s lobby
Sasha Stiles: A LIVING POEM
Sep 10 2025 - Spring 2026
An infinite text powered by human imagination and computer algorithms
Oasis in the City
Jul 3 2025 - May 2026
A variety of works that explore figurative and abstract forms
Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography
- Jun 21 2026
Images by more than 60 photographers and filmmakers
The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
- Jul 12 2026
Completed in 1972, a radically new vision for urban living.
Ruth Asawa A Retrospective
Oct 19 2025 - Feb 7 2026
300 artworks chars explorations of materials and forms in a variety of mediums
Time Travelers: Photographs - from the Gayle Greenhill Collection
Oct 31 2025 - Feb 16 2026
People, things, and events from photography’s earliest years to today
Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
Nov 10 2025 - Apr 11 2026
130+ works span six decades and several countries
Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep
Nov 18 2025 - Feb 8 2026
Paintings offering an exploration of Frankenthaler’s ongoing experiments
Artist's Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid
Nov 19 2025 - Jul 5 2026
New relationships between 100+/- objects from MOMA’s collection
Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination
Dec 14 2025 - Jul 25 2026
How photography contributed to Pan-African solidarity in the mid-20th century
Marcel Duchamp
Apr 12 2026 - Aug 22 2026
300+/- artworks offer the first retrospective of his work in the US in 50 years
Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives
Sep 20 2026 - Spring 2027
Photography reclaiming physical territory, historical narratives, and self-representation