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.
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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
Dec 31, 1940–Jan 12, 1941
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Image of Freedom
Oct 29, 1941–Feb 1, 1942
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Birds in Color: Flashlight Photographs by Eliot Porter
Mar 10–Apr 18, 1943
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Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Photography
May 24–Sep 17, 1944
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The Museum Collection of Photographs
Jun 20, 1945–Jun 23, 1946
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Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection
Jun 10–Aug 31, 1947
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Jul 27–Sep 26, 1948
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Color Photography
May 9–Jul 4, 1950
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Abstraction in Photography
May 1–Jul 4, 1951
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Christmas Photographs
Nov 29, 1951–Jan 6, 1952
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Diogenes with a Camera
May 20–Sep 1, 1952
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Nov 26, 1958–Jan 18, 1959
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Photographs for Collectors
Oct 1–16, 1960
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The Photographer and the American Landscape
Sep 24–Dec 1, 1963
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From the McAlpin Collection
Dec 14, 1966–Feb 12, 1967
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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
Oct 25, 1967
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960
Jul 26–Oct 2, 1978
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Dec 21, 1979
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Selections from the Art Lending Service
Oct 2–Nov 4, 1980
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Oct 23, 1980–Jan 3, 1982
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A Penthouse Aviary
Nov 6, 1980–Jan 20, 1981
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![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](/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTAvMjAvMmFrMGQ4MGJjN19BcnRpc3RzQ2hvaWNlVHJpc2hhLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MCAtcmVzaXplIDI2MHgxNzReIC1ncmF2aXR5IENlbnRlciAtY3JvcCAyNjB4MTc0KzArMCJdXQ/ArtistsChoiceTrisha.jpg?sha=705aeaabfd354707)
Artist’s Choice: Trisha Donnelly
Nov 9, 2012–Jul 28, 2013
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