The works displayed on this floor roughly span the years 1880 to 1950. Within an overall chronological flow, galleries highlight individual stylistic movements, artists, and themes, including Cubism, the work of Henri Matisse, and Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, among other subjects. These galleries are frequently reinstalled in an effort to feature a wide range of artworks in various configurations, reflecting the view that there are countless ways to explore the history of modern art and the Museum’s rich collection.
Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
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Member After Hours: Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
Tuesday, January 22, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Mornings at MoMA
Saturday, January 26, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, January 27, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 9:30 a.m. 33 more upcoming occurrences The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Member Gallery Talk: Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
Wednesday, February 20, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 12:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members
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Evenings at MoMA
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Member Gallery Talk: Collection Galleries: 1880s–1950s
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 12:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Member After Hours: Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s, Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Member After Hours: Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams, Constantin Brancusi Sculpture, Masterworks of the Collection (Collection Galleries 1880s-1950s)
Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Member After Hours: Being: New Photography 2018, Brancusi Sculpture, Masterworks of the Collection, Peter Fischli,“If Everything Is Sculpture Why Make Sculpture?”
Monday, August 6, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Evening Classes: Monet, Cézanne, and the Advent of Modernism
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Daytime Classes: Monet, Cézanne, and the Advent of Modernism
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Member After Hours: Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund, Adrian Piper, Masterworks of the Collection, Peter Fischli,“If Everything Is Sculpture Why Make Sculpture?”
Monday, July 9, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Quiet Mornings
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 7:30–9:00 a.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Daytime Classes: The Truth behind Artists’ Words
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Mother's Day at MoMA
Sunday, May 13, 2018, 9:00–11:00 a.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Evening Classes: Drips, Smears, and Spots: Radical Innovations in 20th-Century Painting
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Daytime Classes: What Is Modern Art?
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Member Gallery Talk: Collection Galleries: 1880s-1950s
Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 12:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Member After Hours: Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund, Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965–2016, Collection Galleries: 1880s-1950s
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Evening Classes: What Is Modern Art?
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Evening Classes: Color by Number: A Prismatic View of Modern Art
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Daytime Classes: Becoming Modern: Art before Jackson Pollock
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Daytime Classes: Color by Number: A Prismatic View of Modern Art
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Evening Classes: The Modern Studio: Pop Art
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Member After Hours: Stephen Shore, The Long Run, Collection Galleries: 1880s-1950s
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Valentine Tours
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Member After Hours: Items: Is Fashion Modern?, Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait, Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
Monday, January 8, 2018, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
The Modern Studio: New Directions in New York Painting
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Seen and Unseen
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Member After Hours: Items: Is Fashion Modern?, Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s, Louise
Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members
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Member After Hours: Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive, Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
Monday, September 18, 2017, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members -
Member Gallery Talk: Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
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Postwar Art and Its Modern Roots
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The Museum in Pieces: A Study of Lesser-Known Things
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Member After Hours:
Monday, March 20, 2017, 6:30–8:00 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members
Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 6:30–8:00 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience, for members
Collection Galleries 1880s–1950s
One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages ofJosef Albers
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Valentine Tours
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Evening Tour: Chinese New Year
Thursday, February 2, 2017, 5:30 p.m. Gallery experience -
Evening Tour: Cézanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh
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Evening Tour: The Modern Palette
Saturday, December 31, 2016, 6:00 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Evening Tour: Abstraction and Surrealism
Saturday, December 31, 2016, 5:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Evening Tour: Robert Rauschenberg and His Peers
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Evening Tour: Exploring Dada and Futurism
Tuesday, December 27, 2016, 6:00 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience -
Evening Tour: Holiday Highlights
7 past occurrences The Museum of Modern Art Gallery experience
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