Skip to main content

  • Visit
    Plan your visit
    • Tickets
    • Locations, hours, and admission
    • Map, audio, and more
    • Where to start
    • Visitor guidelines and policies
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Book a tour
    Tips for visiting
    • Restaurants
    • Accessibility
    • Discounts
    • Families
    • Visit MoMA PS1
  • Exhibitions and events
    In the galleries
    • Current and upcoming exhibitions
    • Exhibition history
    What’s on
    • Events calendar
    • Film series
    • Performances
  • Art and artists
    Explore our Collection
    • Art
    • Artists
    Learn, read, watch
    • Audio
    • Magazine
    • Art terms
    • Online courses
    • Youtube
  • Store
  • Enter a term to search
  • Become a member
  • Log in

Donate

Tickets

  • Tickets

  • Visit
    Plan your visit
    • Tickets
    • Locations, hours, and admission
    • Map, audio, and more
    • Where to start
    • Visitor guidelines and policies
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Book a tour
    Tips for visiting
    • Restaurants
    • Accessibility
    • Discounts
    • Families
    • Visit MoMA PS1
  • Exhibitions and events
    In the galleries
    • Current and upcoming exhibitions
    • Exhibition history
    What’s on
    • Events calendar
    • Film series
    • Performances
  • Art and artists
    Explore our Collection
    • Art
    • Artists
    Learn, read, watch
    • Audio
    • Magazine
    • Art terms
    • Online courses
    • Youtube
  • Store
  • Enter a term to search

Donate

  • Become a member
  • Log in
Our site uses technology that is not supported by your browser, so it may not work correctly. Please update your browser for the best experience.

Exhibition history

Explore exhibitions from The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, from MoMA’s founding in 1929 to the present. These pages are updated continually.

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Murals by American Painters and Photographers

    May 3–31, 1932

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

    Dec 9, 1936–Jan 17, 1937

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Photography 1839–1937

    Mar 17–Apr 18, 1937

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Three Centuries of American Art

    May 24–Jul 31, 1938

    MoMA

  • Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. Photo: Betty Chamberlain

    National Defense Poster Competition

    Jul 16–Sep 7, 1941

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Twentieth Century Portraits

    Dec 9, 1942–Jan 24, 1943

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Portraits

    Nov 4–Dec 7, 1943

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Abstraction in Photography

    May 1–Jul 4, 1951

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Photography: Recent Acquisitions

    Jul 17–Oct 10, 1973

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

    Dec 21, 1979

    MoMA

  • Reinstallation of the Collection

    Oct 23, 1980–Jan 3, 1982

    MoMA

  • Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Igor. 1987. Chromogenic color print (Ektacolor), 15 11/16 × 22 7/8″ (39.8 × 58.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Carol and Arthur Goldberg

    Life of the City

    Feb 28–May 21, 2002

    MoMA

  • Sori Yanagi. Butterfly Stool. 1956. Molded plywood and metal, 15½ × 17⅜ × 12⅛" (39.4 × 44.1 × 30.8 cm). Manufactured by Tendo Co., Ltd., Tokyo. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer, 1958

    Plywood: Material, Process, Form

    Feb 2, 2011–Sep 8, 2013

    MoMA

  • Eliot Porter. Blue-throated Hummingbird, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, May 1959 [Lampornis clemenciae]. 1959. Dye transfer print, 9 5/16 × 7 3/4″ (23.7 × 19.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of David H. McAlpin. © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

    Artist’s Choice: Trisha Donnelly

    Nov 9, 2012–Jul 28, 2013

    MoMA

  • Man Ray. Laboratory of the Future. 1935. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/16 × 7″ (23.1 × 17.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of James Johnson Sweeney © 2013 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

    A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio

    Feb 8–Nov 2, 2014

    MoMA

  • Willi Ruge (German, 1882–1961). Seconds before Landing, from the series I Photograph Myself during a Parachute Jump. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 × 5 9/16″ (20.4 × 14.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther

    Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949

    Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015

    MoMA

  • Walker Evans. Lincoln Kirstein. c. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 6 3/8 x 4 1/2" (16.2 x 11.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist. © 2018 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern

    Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019

    MoMA

  • Joanne Leonard. Dancing Seen from Joanne’s Second Story, West Oakland, CA. c. 1967. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/16 × 6 1/16" (12.9 × 15.4 cm). Gift of the artist in honor of Julia Marjorie Leonard and in memory of P. Alfred and Marjorie R. Leonard. © 2026 Joanne Leonard

    409: Dance Index

    Ongoing

    Collection gallery

    MoMA

  • Isaac Julien. Looking for Langston. 1989. 16mm film transferred to high-definition video (black and white, sound), 46:29 min. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist. © Isaac Julien

    510: Looking for Langston

    Ongoing

    Collection gallery

    MoMA

  • About us
  • Support
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Magazine
Log in
MoMA 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan Open today, 10:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.
MoMA PS1 Visit MoMA PS1 in Queens Free for everyone
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
  • Visitor guidelines and policies
© 2026 The Museum of Modern Art