ThinkModern Programs
Adult and Academic Programs explore the complexities of modern and contemporary art through a variety of programs that are accessible to audiences of all levels. Visitors can choose from several educational formats—academic symposia, courses, lectures, gallery talks, and readings—that illuminate the significance of modern and contemporary art and its connection to culture and history. Using MoMA’s special exhibitions and its collection as a point of departure, the programs enable participants to gain insight through first-hand observation and discussions with distinguished experts, artists, and MoMA curators and educators.

Visit the Calendar of Events for a schedule of current and upcoming programs.

Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry

Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, moderates theme-based discussions on contemporary art and culture with two leading artists.

Contemporary Art Forum
The Forum presents timely and innovative programs (lectures, conversations, and performances) that address pressing issues in contemporary art, and grow out of discussions with MoMA curators. Participants include artists and designers, critics, curators, and scholars, among others.

Conversations with Contemporary Artists
Established and emerging contemporary artists who work in diverse mediums discuss their work, the creative process, and the most current issues in contemporary art.

Modern Poets

Revitalizing an old MoMA tradition, this new series invites poets to bring the literary world back to the Museum’s collection. Three times a year, poets read historical and their own work that reflects on modern and contemporary art.

Special Exhibition Programs
Artists, scholars, critics, writers, and other specialists share their in-depth knowledge of the Museum's current exhibitions, collection, and contemporary issues through lively symposia, lectures, panel and gallery discussions, and poetry readings.

Brown Bag Lunch Lectures

Museum lecturers, curators, and educators discuss special topics related to modern and contemporary art and MoMA's current exhibitions through informal lectures at lunchtime. Learn more through presentations on topics from art and politics to Pablo Picasso and Louise Bourgeois to modern architecture and design.

Gallery Talks
Museum lecturers, curators, university professors, and graduate students, and artists lead talks in the collection and special exhibitions galleries daily at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Audiences learn the historical context and significance of modern and contemporary art works through a process of close looking and exchanging ideas with a lecturer. Gallery Talks are given in Spanish on the first Friday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Sign language–interpreted gallery talks are held every forth Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m.

Gallery Talks: The Artist Edition
In this new monthly series, artists whose work has been exhibited at MoMA lead Gallery Talks on the last Wednesday of every month.

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Academic Programs

MoMA Courses
MoMA Courses offer the rare opportunity to study modern and contemporary art firsthand in the Museum’s galleries and multimedia classrooms after Museum hours. Taught by university professors, artists, critics, and MoMA staff, these small, interdisciplinary, and discussion-oriented classes are open to adults of all levels. For more information about this program, view current course listings.

The Museum of Modern Art’s Third Annual Graduate Symposium on Modern and Contemporary Art
The Museum of Modern Art hosts its third annual Graduate Symposium on Modern and Contemporary Art in early 2007. Each year the symposium focuses on a specific and timely issue in modern and contemporary art and scholarship. A jury of senior curators and senior scholars select papers from an international group of applicants.

Visit the symposium page for updates on topics, the call for papers, symposium schedule, and past symposia.

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Think Modern: Adult and Academic Programs Audio Archive
This new online archive offers recordings of artists, scholars, critics, and writers sharing their in-depth knowledge of the Museum's collection, exhibitions, and contemporary issues in lively symposia, readings, and discussions. Additional information about the audio programs may be found at www.moma.org/audio.

For more information about these programs or to be placed on the Adult and Academic Programs mailing list, please e-mail adultprograms@moma.org.

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Group Services

College and University Group Visits
The Departments of Education and Group Services are pleased to offer college and university professors the opportunity to conduct lectures for their students in the galleries during public hours. This program is only available to accredited college or university groups. Requests must be made on official university/college letterhead and include all contact information, a course description, the number of participants, and the galleries you wish to visit. Please note that one professor per a maximum of twenty-five students is required.

Professor lecturing fee (one flat rate): $25
Each college student: $10

College and University Study Tours
For a more intimate experience, college/university professors are welcome to lecture to student groups of ten to twenty-five people before hours, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, Wednesday through Monday. This offer is available to college groups only and requests must be made on official letterhead.

Professor lecturing fee (one flat rate): $25
Each college student: $16

Self-Guided Tours
The Group Services Department welcomes groups of ten people or more by appointment. Self-guided tours for adult or school groups are available for groups to explore the Museum on their own. Rates are as follows:

Adults: $16
Seniors: $13
College Students: $10
High School Students: $7
Elementary and Middle School Students: $7

Guided Tours
Adult groups may also choose to be guided by a MoMA lecturer who will lead a tour of collection highlights or special exhibitions. Guided tours with a lecturer are available in six languages. The following rates per person include admission:

Adults: $27
Seniors: $24
College Students: $21

Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance; please call (212) 708-9685, fax (212) 408-6398, or e-mail groupservices@moma.org. Advance payment by credit card only is required at the time of reservation (American Express, Visa, and MasterCard are accepted).

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Internships
For more information about internships for undergraduate and graduate students and beginning museum professionals, see Internships.

Pictured above:
Rodney Graham. Rheinmetall/Victoria 8. 2003. Film installation: 35mm film (color, silent), Cinemeccanica Victoria 8 projector. Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. © 2003 Rodney Graham

William Kentridge. Journey to the Moon. 2003. Video/sound installation: video (16 mm, 35 mm film and video transferred to video, black-and-white, sound) and projector. Gift of Kathy Fuld, Agnes Gund, Marie-Josée Kravis, and David Rockefeller. © 2003 William Kentridge

Marcel Broodthaers. Gedicht – Poem – Poème/Change – Exchange – Wechsel. 1973. Screenprint on two sheets, composition (each): 37 9/16 x 25 1/4" (95.4 x 64.2 cm); sheet (each): 38 1/2 x 26 13/16" (97.8 x 68.1 cm). Publisher: Edition Staeck, Heidelberg. Printer: Gerhard Steidl, Göttingen, Germany. Edition: 100. Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, 2005. © 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SABAM, Brussels

Wu Hung, Harrie H. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

Kelley Walker. The Marantz Turntable. 2002. Digital print. Sheet and composition: 20 x 29 9/16 inches (50.8 x 75.1  cm). Publisher and printer: the artist, New York. Edition: 5. Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund,  2005. © 2006 Kelley Walker