History Main entrance Early years (1929–1939) It ranked 15th on the list of most visited art museums in the world in 2021. The archives hold primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. The MoMA Library includes about 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, more than 1,000 periodical titles, and more than 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, and electronic media. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. 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.
