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Connect your audiences to modern and contemporary art through a variety of one-time events, ongoing projects, and professional development workshops at MoMA.

MoMA offers a variety of programs to nonprofit community organizations that serve children, young adults, adults, families, and seniors. Lectures and inquiry-based discussions can be arranged for single or multipart programs at the Museum or off-site. Programs are tailored to suit the interests and abilities of your group and are particularly suitable for community groups new to museums.

Spanish-speaking educators are available, as are speakers of other languages.

Sign Language Interpretation Assistive Listening Systems
A sign language interpreter or FM assistive listening devices (headsets and neck loops) may also be requested for any program with two weeks advance notice.

Organizations Serving Youth and Adults

On- and Off-Site Programs

Programs offer groups the opportunity to explore various aspects of modern and contemporary art. These interactive sessions engage participants in discussion and can include art making.

Additionally, MoMA offers a wide variety of Teen Programs.

ABE, GED, and Adult ESOL Classes and Organizations

Wider Angles

Designed for students in ABE, GED, and adult ESOL classes, Wider Angles promotes the acquisition of literacy skills through engagement with works of art in MoMA's collection. By experiencing the Museum through observation, analysis, and discussion, this program aims to enrich the participants' learning processes.

Community Organization Staff

Professional Development Workshops

MoMA offers many opportunities for professional development and training both on- and off-site. Our workshops are designed for staff, volunteers, coordinators, and managers of community organizations, as well as community leaders.

These programs introduce audiences to modern and contemporary art and link the exploration of the arts to various disciplines.

Workshop topics include:

  • The Museum as a Resource for Community Organizations
  • Arts and Academic Achievement
  • Arts and Community Building
  • Public Art and Community Life
  • Integrating the Arts in ESOL Settings
  • Arts and Literacy

Workshops can also be tailored to meet the interests of your particular group.

Mentors

Double Exposures

In this program mentors and their mentees explore the Museum's collection through a fun, interactive session that includes looking at and discussing works as well as sketching and art-making activities. Double Exposures lasts two hours.

Older Adults

On- and Off-Site Programs

These interactive programs offer groups of older adults the opportunity to explore modern and contemporary art, allowing participants to engage in close looking and discussion. Single or multipart programs are available at the Museum and off-site at community organizations, libraries, and senior centers.

Teleconference Courses

Teleconference courses for homebound individuals are offered regularly as part of a collaborative effort with community-based organizations. Museum lecturers conduct an interactive art course by telephone with up to ten homebound individuals who are connected in their homes via a single conference call. Participants explore works of art with an educator using notebooks of color reproductions that have been distributed to each person before the first call.

Families

Individual Families

MoMA offers a wide variety of Family Programs.

Groups of Families

Welcome to MoMA: Introductory Tours and Workshops for Families

Family workshops and tours are offered through community organizations, both at the Museum and off-site. These programs present ways in which families can integrate the arts into everyday life and their children's education. Workshops can be tailored to meet the interests of your particular group (a minimum of fifteen people is required).

Family Arts and Literacy

To facilitate English language development, this program explores MoMA's collection while focusing on reading, writing, and conversation skills. Workshops can also be tailored to meet the interests of your particular group (a minimum of fifteen people is required).

Groups are welcome to schedule a one-time visit or a multipart program. Each group visiting the Museum is limited to twenty-five people. After selecting a program from the list below, proceed to Program Themes.

One-Time Museum Visits

A one-time Museum visit is one hour long and includes a guided gallery tour with a Museum educator. All participants receive one family pass (admits up to five visitors) good for one complimentary visit to MoMA.

A one-time Museum visit is $150.
Community Programs are available to qualifying organizations at a significantly reduced rate; please inquire at the time of booking.

One-Time Community-Based Lectures

MoMA offers one-time hourlong, slide-illustrated, off-site lectures. We welcome any group size your space can accommodate. All participants receive one family pass (admits up to five visitors) good for one complimentary visit to MoMA.

A one-time community-based lecture is $150.
Community Programs are available to qualifying organizations at a significantly reduced rate; please inquire at the time of booking.

Art Studios

An art studio is a two-hour program that includes looking at art in the galleries and an art-making activity in the Museum's classrooms or galleries. Students of all levels explore a theme in the collection and enhance their understanding of concepts by creating their own works of art. All participants receive one Family Pass (admits up to five visitors) good for one complimentary visit to MoMA.

A two-hour art studio is $250.
Community Programs are available to qualifying organizations at a significantly reduced rate; please inquire at the time of booking.

Three-Part Series

Highly recommended for community organizations, three-part series allow for in-depth engagement with artworks and a more extensive Museum experience. The three-part series includes a pre-visit, where a MoMA educator comes to your site and engages participants in art-looking activities, a visit to MoMA, and a post-visit, either at your facility or at the Museum, which often incorporates an art-making activity. Each part is one hour in length. All participants receive one family pass (admits up to five visitors) good for one complimentary visit to MoMA.

A three-part series is $350.
Community Programs are available to qualifying organizations at a significantly reduced rate; please inquire at the time of booking.

Extended Partnerships

A limited number of programs are available for more extensive, long-term partnerships and multipart programs. All partnerships include planning meetings with the coordinator to develop curricula, professional development, and a series of Museum and off-site visits to your community center or school.

As programs are tailored to best serve each organization, the components and overall costs will vary. A limited number of programs are available at a reduced rate. Please contact Community Programs for more information about a customized multipart program and related offerings.

MoMA Outdoors

MoMA brings interactive and engaging art-looking and art-making activities to sites including parks, gardens, playgrounds, and various neighborhood blocks through arrangements with community and neighborhood organizations. At these programs, the emphasis is on exploring the creative process in an informal and fun environment. Because programs are tailored to best serve each organization, the components and overall costs will vary.

Choose from one of the topics listed below, or develop a topic with the Museum's staff that will suit the interests of your particular group.

MoMA Highlights

Explore highights of the history of modern art drawn from MoMA's collection, including works by Paul Cézanne, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Vasily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, and others.

Thematic Programs

Thematic programs allow in-depth discussion of various works, mediums, and artists within a single thematic area. Portraiture, Art on the Edge, and Everyday Objects are some of the thematic approaches that expose participants to key methods, materials, ideas, and concepts of modern and contemporary art. Propose your own theme or work with a MoMA educator to develop an appropriate theme for your group.

Geographic/Regional Programs

Consider artwork from Europe, Latin America, Asia, or the Caribbean in the context of culture, politics, and geography. Programs within this unit can include American Art after the War, French Innovators after Impressionism, or Mexico after the Revolution, among others.

Focus on the Artist

Explore selections from Jacob Lawrence's work of the 1940s depicting the struggles and achievements of African Americans, or delve into the playful creations of Marcel Duchamp. Your group can explore artistic friendships and collaborations, like those of Van Gogh and Gauguin, or Picasso and Braque. You can choose any artist or group of artists in MoMA's collection.

Movements and Schools

From Neo-Impressionism to Cubism, Dada to Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art and beyond, this program examines iconic works, important artists, and key concepts within the art movement of your choice.

Focus on the Medium

Focus on a particular medium, such as painting, sculpture, photography, drawing. Or explore architecture and design, from Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona chair to the Bic pen, the Gem paperclip, or other items that might be in your home!

Community and the Arts

How do the arts relate to community building and organizing? What is public art and what is its impact on neighborhoods? What role can art play in improving the lives of people in particular communities? Explore the variety of relationships that exists between art and society, art and politics, and art and communities around the world.

Museum Studies

This topic focuses on the ins and outs of the Museum itself. Looking at and making art are still a strong component of this program, but the emphasis is on the exploration of the intricacies of the museum world, including collecting, exhibiting, and conserving works of art. A minimum three-part program is necessary for this topic.

Connections

Focus on the role of MoMA's collection in arts such as theater, dance, music, and literature. Art-looking and art-making activities will focus on the connections between the visual arts and other artistic disciplines.

Groups are welcome by appointment only. Each group visiting the Museum is limited to twenty-five people. Programs can be scheduled throughout the year, including summer, holidays, and school breaks.

Group Services schedules community programs no fewer than three weeks in advance. All scheduling is based on availability. Please be flexible by having a few dates and times of day in mind when calling to make a reservation. Note that the time of your reservation is the also the time that your entire visit begins at MoMA. Groups cannot be accommodated in the Museum beforehand.

Before you call Group Services to make a reservation for your group, have the following information ready:

  • Name of group
  • Name of group contact
  • At least two forms of group leader contact info (i.e. organization phone, home/cell phone, e-mail address)
  • Mailing address
  • Number of participants
  • Number of chaperones
  • Age range of participants
  • Program type (i.e. one-part, multipart, etc.)
  • Selected program topic

Please tell us about your organization and the constituents it serves. Also tell us if any or all of the participants have a disability or special need so that we can best serve them.

Once your reservation is confirmed, ask for a confirmation number, which is required in order to verify reservations.

After you make a reservation you will receive a confirmation letter along with information about the Museum. This includes guidelines for conduct while visiting the Museum. Please review this section carefully and share this information with your group prior to your visit. Feel free to call Group Services with any questions.

Payment for Community Programs is due upon arrival or in advance of services rendered. Accepted forms of payment are cash, checks, Visa, American Express, and MasterCard. Please make checks payable to The Museum of Modern Art. To mail payment in advance of your visit, send a check to the attention of the Group Services Department at the address listed below. MoMA Community Programs will accept purchase orders upon arrival for NYCDOE sponsored programs.

Group Services Department
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019

Cancellation requests must be made in writing no fewer than two weeks or ten working days in advance of your visit. Please e-mail or fax this request.

To schedule a program for your group, please call Group Services at (212) 708-9685 or (212) 247-1230 (TTY), fax (212) 408-6398, or e-mail groupservices@moma.org. Request forms are available online.

For more information about Community Programs at MoMA, please call (212) 408-6347, or e-mail communityprograms@moma.org.



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