The Museum of Modern Art
Modern art museum · Midtown West ·
Major museum with extensive modern & contemporary art collections
Major museum with extensive modern & contemporary art collections
"MoMA is a thing of beauty. The collection is stunning and extensive. One could easily get lost in exploring the building alone. With a constant sense of movement between their permanent collection and glorious temporary exhibitions, this is not to be missed." - Visualized
"At MoMA I found a wide-ranging slate of artist-focused exhibitions: Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective presents some 300 works spanning bronze casts, wire sculptures, and paintings (on view through February 7, 2026); Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I Dream gathers roughly 130 paintings and large-scale works that highlight Lam’s Picasso-adjacent idiom (on view through April 11, 2026); and Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep—opening November 18—spotlights the New York Abstract Expressionist’s experimental techniques (on view through February 8, 2026)." - Charlie Hobbs
"Located in Midtown, this influential giant is larger than it appears from the street, spanning 630,000 square feet and drawing more than a million visitors a year to see masterworks by Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Rothko, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Diane Arbus, and more. While racing to the fifth-floor Collection Galleries for The Starry Night and Monet’s Water Lilies is understandable, don’t miss the time-bound exhibitions that tell new stories—and leave time to pore over the remarkable books and objects in the famed gift shop." - Charlie Hobbs, Andrea Whittle
"A world-class institution housing nearly 200,000 works spanning modern and contemporary art from across the globe, making it a must-visit for art lovers." - Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman is a New York-based writer and editor who specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, and shopping content. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Located in Midtown Manhattan, the MoMA is larger than it appears as you approach it from the street below. One of the world’s most influential museums—displaying the works of important artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Rothko, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, and Diane Arbus—it has 630,000 square feet of space and attracts more than a million visitors a year. While making a beeline for the fifth-floor Collection Galleries to take in The Starry Night and Monet’s Water Lilies is understandable, don’t miss the exhibitions, which tell new stories and can only be experienced in a limited time frame. Allocate time to spend pouring over the remarkable books and objects in the famous gift shop, too—an NYC must-visit in its own right." - Charlie Hobbs, Alex Erdekian, Melissa Liebling-Goldberg