The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is one of the many art museums in New York City. But it is famous for its modern art collection. The museum is also known as the most influential museum of modern art world.
The museum has various categories that offer overview of modern and contemporary arts, architecture and design, paintings, sculptures and photographs, including illustrated books, films and electronic media.
There is also a vast library in MOMA that holds around 300,000 books and catalogue. It also includes around 1,000 periodicals, around 40,000 archives about artists and the history of modern and contemporary arts.
The museum also houses a restaurant called the modern for visitors who want to dine in.
MOMA is considered as one of the best collectors of western arts and true to the word, the modern art museum holds around 150,000 records of individual pieces, around 22,000 films and four million film stills.
The museums receive around 2.5 million visitors a year. The number was previously around 1.5 million but it sharply increased after the glass renovation it conducted.
The highest number of visitors by the museum is around 3.09 million during 2010 but the attendance dropped in 2011 by almost 11 percent.
The museum has admission fees of around $25 and is considered one of the most expensive museums of the city. It has free entry on Fridays due to a sponsorship by Uniqlo. Also, the college students from New York area can get free admission to the place.
The museum has around 850 employees and is one of the highest tax filer in curatorial and management departments of New York.
