Exhibition history
Exhibitions from our founding in 1929 to the present are available online. These pages are updated continually.
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Four American Traveling Exhibitions
Apr 3–28, 1940
MoMA
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The Work of Sharaku
Apr 3–May 1, 1940
MoMA
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American Designs for Abstract Film
Apr 3–May 1, 1940
MoMA
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PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
Apr 15–May 7, 1940
MoMA
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Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art
May 15–Sep 30, 1940
MoMA
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New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
Jul 26–Oct 18, 1940
MoMA
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Machine Art; Modern Interiors; Original Costume Design
Oct 3–Nov 2, 1940
MoMA
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Portinari of Brazil
Oct 9–Nov 17, 1940
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Oct 23, 1940–Jan 12, 1941
MoMA
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Forty Years of the American Dance
Oct 23–Nov 19, 1940
MoMA
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Graphic Arts: Designing a Stage Setting
Nov 4–11, 1940
MoMA
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Student Work from Fourteen High Schools
Nov 11–Dec 23, 1940
MoMA
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Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect
Nov 13, 1940–Jan 5, 1941
MoMA
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D.W. Griffith, American Film Master
Nov 13, 1940–Jan 5, 1941
MoMA
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The Ballet Today
Nov 14, 1940–Mar 5, 1941
MoMA
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Useful Objects of American Design under $10
Nov 26–Dec 24, 1940
MoMA
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American Color Prints Under $10
Nov 26–Dec 28, 1940
MoMA
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War Comes to the People: A Story Written with the Lens
Dec 10, 1940–Jan 5, 1941
MoMA
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We Like Modern Art
Dec 27, 1940–Jan 12, 1941
MoMA
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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
Dec 31, 1940–Jan 12, 1941
MoMA
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Pavlova Memorial Exhibition
Jan 7–Mar 6, 1941
MoMA
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Joan Miró
Jan 19, 1941–Jan 11, 1942
MoMA
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Indian Art of the United States
Jan 22–Apr 27, 1941
MoMA
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American Scene: 35 Gouaches by Witold Gordon
Jan 31–Feb 14, 1941
MoMA
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New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
Mar 10–May 3, 1941
MoMA
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T.V.A. Architecture and Design
Apr 30–Jun 7, 1941
MoMA
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New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee
May 6–Oct 15, 1941
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 6–Apr 30, 1941
MoMA
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Understanding Modern Art
May 6–Jun 30, 1941
MoMA
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Still Photographs from Hollywood Studios
May 6–Jun 2, 1941
MoMA
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Britain at War
May 23–Sep 2, 1941
MoMA
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Sculpture and Sculptor’s Drawings
Jun 3–Jul 18, 1941
MoMA
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New Acquisitions: European Paintings
Jun 3–Jul 18, 1941
MoMA
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A History of American Movies
Jun 5–Oct 3, 1941
MoMA
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A History of the Modern Poster
Jun 11–26, 1941
MoMA
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Paul Klee
Jun 30–Jul 27, 1941
MoMA
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Animals in Art; Designing a Stage Setting
Jul 1–15, 1941
MoMA
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Abstract Painting; Shapes of Things
Jul 15–28, 1941
MoMA
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Masterpieces of Picasso
Jul 16–Sep 7, 1941
MoMA
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National Defense Poster Competition
Jul 16–Sep 7, 1941
MoMA
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New Acquisitions: Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Jul 23–Sep 29, 1941
MoMA
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Preliminary Course of the Bauhaus
Jul 29–Aug 11, 1941
MoMA
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Techniques of Painting
Aug 4–Oct 15, 1941
MoMA
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Stockholm Builds
Aug 4–Sep 8, 1941
MoMA
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American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design
Aug 12–25, 1941
MoMA
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Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting
Aug 26–Sep 15, 1941
MoMA
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Photographs by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
Sep 9–Oct 19, 1941
MoMA
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The Wooden House in America
Sep 9–30, 1941
MoMA