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Museum of Modern Art

#8sur 10 lieux à visiter à New York CityNew York City, New York State, United States

Aussi appelé MoMA

L'essentiel

Horaires d'ouverture : 10:30–17:30. Entrée : $30. Comptez 2.5 hrs. Meilleure période : Weekday mornings at 10:30 opening.

Mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026 · Rédigé par Traveliac, avec assistance IA · 4 min de lecture

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Horaires d'ouverture: 10:30–17:30
Prix d'entrée: $30; Billet à partir de
Durée nécessaire: 2.5 hrs
Meilleur moment de la journée: Weekday mornings at 10:30 opening
Meilleurs mois: Apr – May, Sep – Oct
Adresse: 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

À propos de Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art holds one of the world's most concentrated collections of late-19th to 21st-century art across six floors on West 53rd Street, including works such as Vincent van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' and Pablo Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.' Founded in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and two co-trustees, MoMA opened in a rented office space with a loan exhibition just days after the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression, and moved into its current West 53rd Street site in 1939. The building underwent a major $450 million expansion designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, completed in 2019, which added roughly 4,600 square metres of gallery space and reorganized the permanent collection by chronology mixed with medium rather than by strict art-historical movement.

Meilleur moment de la journée : Weekday mornings at 10:30 opening. The fifth-floor galleries holding the museum's best-known early-modern works draw the heaviest crowds by early afternoon on any given day.

Horaires de Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art ouvre à 10:30 et ferme à 17:30. Le week-end ne change rien : samedi et dimanche suivent les mêmes horaires.

Horaires d'ouverture: 10:30–17:30; Mon–Sun 10:30–17:30
Fermé le: Thanksgiving, December 25

Mon–Sun	10:30–17:30

Bon à savoir : Closed Thanksgiving Day and December 25 each year.

Horaires d'ouverture établis à partir de moma.org et de sources publiques, mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026. Ils peuvent changer sans préavis — vérifiez avant de partir. Comment nous rédigeons ces guides

Prix d'entrée de Museum of Modern Art

Entry fees for Museum of Modern Art
Billet	Prix
Billet standard	$30
Tarif réduit (étudiant / senior)	$22
Enfants	Gratuit

Adults $30.00, seniors 65+ $22.00, students with valid ID $17.00, visitors under 16 free at all times, as of 2026. Free admission Friday evenings 17:30-20:30 is reserved for New York State residents with proof of ID and must be booked online in advance. Verify current pricing at moma.org before visiting.

Tarifs établis à partir de moma.org et de sources publiques, mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026. Ils peuvent changer sans préavis — vérifiez avant de partir. Comment nous rédigeons ces guides

Meilleure période pour visiter Museum of Modern Art

Quiet
Moderate
Busy
Very busy

10:30 - 12:00
Opening WindowBest time to go
Quietest period of the day; the fifth-floor collection galleries, including 'The Starry Night,' are viewable without a dense standing crowd.
Quiet
12:00 - 16:00
Midday Peak
Heaviest crowds of the day, concentrated on the fifth floor around the best-known Post-Impressionist and Cubist works.
Very busy
16:00 - 17:30
Late Afternoon
Crowds ease as day visitors depart; a reasonable window for the less-visited film and design galleries on other floors.
Moderate
17:30 - 20:30 (Fridays)
Friday Evening
Free admission for NY State residents draws a local evening crowd; busy but with a different, less tourist-heavy energy than daytime hours.
Busy

Histoire de Museum of Modern Art

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan founded MoMA in 1929 specifically to champion modern art at a time when New York's major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum, largely dismissed it; the museum's first director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., shaped its early identity around a 'torpedo' model tracing modern art's development from Post-Impressionism through Cubism to abstraction, a framework that influenced how museums worldwide organized modern-art collections for decades.

The museum moved through several temporary locations before architects Philip L. Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone completed the original International Style building at 11 West 53rd Street in 1939. Major expansions followed in 1984 (César Pelli) and 2004 (Yoshio Taniguchi), each roughly doubling gallery space, before the most recent 2019 Diller Scofidio + Renfro renovation added the museum's current ground-floor free-to-enter lobby galleries and reorganized the permanent collection display, which now rotates more frequently than in past decades.

Règles et étiquette à Museum of Modern Art

Timed-entry tickets are strongly recommended and often necessary for popular weekend slots; walk-up admission is possible but can mean a wait at the door during peak hours. Photography without flash is permitted throughout the permanent collection galleries, though some temporary special exhibitions restrict photography entirely - signage at each gallery entrance specifies the rule for that show.

Large bags, backpacks, and umbrellas must go through security screening and are typically required to be checked at the free coat check near the lobby; laptops and cameras can usually be carried in. The museum can be genuinely crowded around its most famous works - 'The Starry Night' in particular draws a standing crowd several people deep most of the day, so patience or an early visit is the practical way to see it without jostling.

Conseils pour visiter Museum of Modern Art

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Free Friday evening tickets (17:30-20:30) for New York State residents must be reserved online in advance and release on a rolling basis - check moma.org's discounts page for the current release schedule rather than assuming walk-up access. The fifth floor holds the core early-modern collection (Van Gogh, Cézanne, Picasso) and is consistently the most crowded; visiting it first thing at 10:30 opening, before working down through the building, avoids the worst of the midday crush.
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The ground-floor lobby galleries, added in the 2019 renovation, are free to enter without a museum ticket and rotate site-specific commissions - worth a look even for visitors not planning a full paid visit. The sculpture garden, when open seasonally, offers a quieter break between gallery floors and is included with general admission. A combined RockMoMA ticket with Top of the Rock, an eight-minute walk away, costs less than booking both separately.

Comment se rendre à Museum of Modern Art

11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019Itinéraire sur Google Maps

Depuis 5th Avenue-53rd Street subway station
0.1 km · 2 min
$2.90 subway (OMNY/MetroCard)
Depuis Rockefeller Center (47-50 Streets station)
0.6 km · 8 min walk
Free (walking distance)
Depuis LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
12 km · 35-50 min combined
$2.90 total (single OMNY/MetroCard fare covers the transfer)

Aéroport le plus proche

Depuis LaGuardia Airport (LGA)

approximately 12 km, 30-45 minutes by road depending on traffic.

Gare la plus proche

Depuis 5th Avenue-53rd Street (subway lines E, M)

one block away.

FAQ — Museum of Modern Art

How much does MoMA cost?

$30.00 for adults, $22.00 for seniors 65+, $17.00 for students with ID, and free for visitors under 16, as of 2026. Free admission is also available Friday evenings 17:30-20:30 for New York State residents who book online in advance.

Is MoMA free on Fridays?

Only for New York State residents, and only during the 17:30-20:30 evening window with an advance online reservation. It is not free for out-of-state or international visitors.

Where is 'The Starry Night' displayed at MoMA?

On the fifth floor, in the museum's core early-modern collection galleries alongside other Post-Impressionist and Cubist works. It is consistently the most crowded single painting in the museum, so early opening-hour visits give the best viewing conditions.

How long does a MoMA visit take?

Around 2-2.5 hours for a focused visit covering the main collection floors; art enthusiasts often spend a half-day or more given the museum's six floors and rotating special exhibitions.

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