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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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Nearest place to stay

0.0 mi

Bacarrat Hotel 53rd and 5th

Visitors in 2021

1.2M

Wikidata

Open since

1929

In brief

A museum inside New York City

One of the most looked-up attractions in the U.S.

About 197K people a year read its Wikipedia article, more than for 98% of the 7,799 attractions we track.

Places to stay next door

Bacarrat Hotel 53rd and 5th is 0.0 miles away; Warwick New York (0.1 mi) and Silver Autumn Hotel N.y. Corporation Ltd (0.1 mi) are close too. 982 places to stay are within 4 miles. Hotels nearby ↓

Best months: May, Jun, Aug, Sep and Oct

May, June, August, September and October are the mild months, with highs of 66–84°. When to go ↓

An airport 6 miles away

LaGuardia (LGA) has airline service, about 6 miles from Museum of Modern Art.

Established in 1929

Museum of Modern Art dates from 1929. About ↓

Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Typical highs and lows in New York City. Green months are the mild ones.

Jan40° / 27°

Feb43° / 28°

Mar50° / 34°

Apr61° / 43°

May71° / 53°

Jun80° / 63°

Jul85° / 69°

Aug84° / 68°

Sep77° / 61°

Oct66° / 50°

Nov55° / 40°

Dec45° / 32°

Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 normals for New York City. New York City’s full climate →

About

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. The museum has been instrumental in shaping the history of modern art, particularly modern art from Europe.

Type: Museum
Established: 1929
Wikipedia readers: 197K a year

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Facts: Wikidata.

Where to stay

Hotels near Museum of Modern Art

982 places to stay within 4 miles. The closest is Bacarrat Hotel 53rd and 5th, 0.0 miles away.

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Closest places to stay

1Bacarrat Hotel 53rd and 5thhotel · 0.0 mi southeastDirections
2Warwick New Yorkhotel · 0.1 mi northwestDirections
3Silver Autumn Hotel N.y. Corporation Ltdhotel · 0.1 mi northwestDirections
4Shoreham Hotelhotel · 0.1 mi northeastDirections
5The Peninsula New Yorkhotel · 0.1 mi eastDirections
656th Street Hotel Llchotel · 0.1 mi northeastDirections
7Sccq Rock Hotel Llchotel · 0.1 mi southDirections
8Radisson Hotel New York Midtown-fifth Avenuehotel · 0.1 mi southDirections
9The Whitby Hotelhotel · 0.1 mi northeastDirections
10DoubleTree by Hilton New York Midtown Fifth Avehotel · 0.1 mi southDirections

Places to eat nearby

8,471 restaurants, cafés and bars within 1½ miles

1172 Asian & Indian923 bars & pubs850 coffee & cafés419 subs & sandwiches399 Italian348 pizza324 Mexican & Latin

Compare 8 towns to stay in

Town	From Museum of Modern Art	Drive	Places to stay	People	Typical home	Safety
New York City	in town	—	1,485 1295 hotels · 35 motels · 71 inns & B&Bs · 17 lodges & cabins · 38 hostels · 28 campgrounds · 1 RV park	8,584,629	$778K	D
Jersey City	6 mi southwest	10 min	39 34 hotels · 1 motel · 2 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground	302,013	$567K	C⁻
North Bergen Township	3 mi northwest	5 min	19 15 hotels · 4 motels	61,483	$474K	B
Secaucus	5 mi west	5 min	18 16 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins	22,640	$572K	C⁻
Newark	11 mi west	15 min	29 27 hotels · 2 inns & B&Bs	323,808	$374K	C⁻
Elizabeth	13 mi southwest	20 min	25 16 hotels · 8 motels · 1 inn or B&B	141,675	$449K	D
Fort Lee	6 mi north	10 min	9 7 hotels · 2 motels	40,345	$448K	B
Hempstead	21 mi southeast	30 min	51 30 hotels · 8 motels · 3 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 7 campgrounds · 1 RV park	795,734	$641K	—

Day trip from

Straight-line miles.

Paterson14 mi northwest Oyster Bay25 mi east

Getting there

Nearest airports with airline service

LGALaGuardia · major hub6 mi

TEBTeterboro8 mi

EWRNewark Liberty · major hub11 mi

Places to stay and eat: Overture Maps (hotels, motels, inns, lodges, campgrounds, RV parks; not vacation rentals) · streets, water and the site outline: Overture Maps / OpenStreetMap contributors · town figures: U.S. Census ACS · Safety: TownRatings Safety grade · airports: OurAirports. Distances are from Museum of Modern Art’s main visitor area; drive times are estimates.

Make a day of it

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Photo credits

Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0

Common questions

Visiting Museum of Modern Art

Is Museum of Modern Art in New York City?

Yes. It’s inside New York City, NY.

When is the best time to visit Museum of Modern Art?

May, June, August, September and October, with highs of 66–84°.

How many people visit Museum of Modern Art each year?

1,160,686 in 2021, according to Wikidata.

How far is Museum of Modern Art from Oyster Bay?

About 25 miles east of Oyster Bay, as the crow flies.

What is the closest airport to Museum of Modern Art?

LaGuardia (LGA), about 6 miles away.

What hotels are near Museum of Modern Art?

Bacarrat Hotel 53rd and 5th (0.0 mi), Warwick New York (0.1 mi) and Silver Autumn Hotel N.y. Corporation Ltd (0.1 mi). 982 places to stay are within 4 miles.

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