The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The Starry Night, Monet's Water Lilies, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and the soup cans. MoMA's collection floors, at your own pace.

5 floors70+ rooms200+ piecesabout an hour of stories
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60 minMoMA in an HourThe Starry Night, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Matisse's Dance, Monet's Water Lilies, the melting watches, Christina's World and the soup cans.7 pieces · 2 floors90 minThe Unmissables in 90 MinutesFourteen pieces across Floors 5 and 4, from Van Gogh and Picasso to Hopper, Rothko, Warhol and a painting 26 metres long.14 pieces · 2 floors50 minDesigned for Everyday LifeA Paris metro gate, a helicopter, a folding wheelchair, a chair in primary colours, La Chaise and a model of a city where every family has an acre.7 pieces · 4 floors45 minOrdinary Things, Made ArtA guitar of sheet metal, a snow shovel, a fur teacup, a flag of wax and newspaper, the inside of a fridge, soup cans and two cheeseburgers.7 pieces · 2 floors

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The Starry NightThe Starry NightLevel 5
Water Lilies (triptych)Water Lilies (triptych)Level 5
The Red StudioThe Red StudioLevel 5
Dance (I)Dance (I)Level 5
The Sleeping GypsyThe Sleeping GypsyLevel 5

The building

51880s to 1940sPortraits in WartimeArt of This CenturyAmerican IdiomsPrésence AfricaineThe City May Now ScatterIntimate VisionsA Surreal LensLiving FormsClaude Monet's Water LiliesWeimar CitizensThe New Spirit in ParisGallery 512Gallery 511Gallery 510Nature SymbolizedA Collective ConstructionKandinsky: The Spiritual in ArtHenri MatisseLiving in the Age of the MachineA Little Gallery of the Photo-SecessionA Cubist SalonPicasso's Les Demoiselles d'AvignonFrench Landscapes and InteriorsSix Sculptures
41950s to 1970sMel Bochner's Measurement RoomPicturing HistorySophie Calle's The SleepersJames Rosenquist's F-111Body ConstructsRomare BeardenHard Edges, Expanded FieldsWipe CycleOne Thing After AnotherThings: A Story of the SixtiesHolt and Smithson on FilmGood VibrationsDance IndexThe Art of AssemblageSign PostsInvitation: Museum of Contemporary Art, ZagrebActing OutCalligraphic AbstractionMark RothkoFields and FiguresPostwar New YorkJoel Shapiro's ARKThe Studio
3Exhibitions and the helicopter3 North3 SouthFloor 3 landing
21980s to todayDown to EarthRefractionsLutz Bacher's EmpireChristopher Kulendran Thomas's Being HumanTeresa Margolles: Aproximación al lugar de los hechos (Approaching the Scene)Tala MadaniRichard Serra's EqualThings Are WanderingInstitutional CritiquesJudith Barry's Imagination, dead imagineIllusions of LifeStaging SelvesThe Last SupperPost-Atomic AbstractionIn the Shadow of the American DreamDestination UnknownMarron Atrium2 South
1Lobby and Sculpture Garden1 North1 SouthAbby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture GardenMain lobby
Photo credits (41)
  • The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): Jamison McAndie, Unsplash License
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden: Chris Johnson, Unsplash License
  • Main lobby: tommao wang, Unsplash License
  • Marron Atrium: Sandy Ching, Unsplash License
  • French Landscapes and Interiors: Kevin Snow, Unsplash License
  • The Starry Night: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain
  • Water Lilies (triptych): Claude Monet (photograph: Wikipedia Loves Art participant "Stephen_Sandoval"), Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old-auto-expired)
  • The Red Studio: Henri Matisse, Public domain (PD-old-70)
  • Dance (I): Henri Matisse, Public domain
  • The Sleeping Gypsy: Henri Rousseau, Public domain
  • Entrance Gate to Paris Subway (Metropolitain) Station: Allison Meier from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Seed of the Areoi: Paul Gauguin (Google Art Project reproduction), Public domain
  • Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat: Paul Cézanne (Google Art Project reproduction), Public domain
  • Milk Can and Apples: Paul Cézanne (Google Art Project reproduction), Public domain
  • Agapanthus: Claude Monet (photograph: anagoria), Public domain
  • Self-Portrait with Palette: Lovis Corinth, Public domain
  • Composition No. II, with Red and Blue: Piet Mondrian, Public domain
  • Composition: Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Public domain
  • Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension: Kazimir Malevich, Public domain
  • Proun 19D: El Lissitzky, Public domain
  • Tableau I: Lozenge with Four Lines and Gray: Piet Mondrian, Public domain
  • Painterly Architectonic: Lyubov Popova, Public domain
  • Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1: Wassily Kandinsky, Public domain (PD-Art)
  • Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2: Wassily Kandinsky, Public domain (PD-Art)
  • Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3: Wassily Kandinsky, Public domain (PD-Art)
  • Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4: Wassily Kandinsky, Public domain (PD-Art)
  • Picture with an Archer: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Church at Murnau (Kirche in Murnau): Wassily Kandinsky, Public domain
  • The Piano Lesson: Henri Matisse, Public domain (PD-old-70)
  • The Blue Window: Henri Matisse, Public domain
  • Dynamism of a Soccer Player: Umberto Boccioni, Public domain
  • Windows: Robert Delaunay, Public domain
  • Grapes: Juan Gris, Public domain
  • Samovar: Kazimir Malevich, Public domain
  • The Olive Trees: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain
  • Evening, Honfleur: Georges Seurat, Public domain
  • Grandcamp, Evening: Georges Seurat, Public domain
  • Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890: Paul Signac, Public domain
  • Pines and Rocks (Fontainebleau?): Paul Cézanne, Public domain
  • Still Life with Three Puppies: Paul Gauguin, Public domain
  • Embroidery: Édouard Vuillard, Public domain

An independent audio guide by Roamer, not affiliated with or endorsed by the The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Museum admission is separate. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and Pexels contributors under open licences; credits on each piece.

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