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