MOMA - PS1
The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, is one of the world’s premier museums for 20th and 21st century art. Its midtown home is a great place to visit. I also has a second branch, in the borough of Queens, dedicated to contemporary art - MOMA-PS1. Photo by Kidfly182, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons MOMA-PS1 started as the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, when it opened in 1971. P.S. 1 was founded by the Institute for Art and Urban Renewal, which is devoted to organizing art exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces in New York City. In 1976, it moved to its permanent home, in a the abandoned First Ward School, in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The school was built in 1892, and closed in 1963, after which it was used as a warehouse. The building was renovated in 1997, and in 2000, the P.S. 1 Center merged with MOMA. Photo by DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The rooms of the school have been converted into modern galleries,...