Throughout its history, The Museum of Modern Art has used architecture as a vehicle for self-renewal and regeneration. With this building project, the Museum undertakes the most extensive redefinition of itself since its founding over seventy years ago. The timing could not be more appropriate, for MoMA's mission demands that we traverse the twenty-first century with the same confidence and boldness that we did the twentieth.

Yoshio Taniguchi's dramatic and thoughtful design for the new Museum will allow MoMA to display its collections in fundamentally new ways and to offer greatly enhanced educational programming. In the new Museum, every space is either new or redesigned and equipped with the latest technology to provide the public with a richer and deeper experience. With this project, we will build both the spaces and the endowment necessary to ensure the Museum's success and stability far into this century. This site will give you a better idea of these plans and provides a remarkable preview of the great new Museum of Modern Art.

Glenn D. Lowry
Director