Institution: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Event Title: A Closer Look at the MoMA Archives, Library and Research Collections
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Event Type: In-Person Program
Location: MoMA Archives Reading Room (enter at 4 W 54th st entrance)
Registration: RSVP by email to Bridget_okeefe@moma.org
Event Description: The Museum of Modern Art Archives, Library, and Research Collections invite you to join Archivists Meagan Connolly and Rachel Garbade, and Cataloguer Bridget O'Keefe for a showcase of newly processed archival material and recently catalogued addition to our Library. Attendees will learn about how new materials are processed and added to our collections, and ongoing efforts to increase accessibility and visibility to The MoMA's historic Library and Archives.
The Museum of Modern Art Archives collects, preserves, and makes accessible nearly 90 years’ worth of the Museum’s historical records, 40 years’ worth of MoMA PS1 records, and other primary source documents concerning art and cultural history in the 20th and 21st centuries, including private archives and papers of artists, galleries, dealers, art historians, critics, and others. The Museum of Modern Art Library is a comprehensive collection devoted to modern and contemporary art. The noncirculating collection documents painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, performance, video, film, and emerging art forms from 1880 to the present (from 1830 for photography). The Library’s holdings include approximately 400,000 books and exhibition catalogs, over 1,000 periodical titles, and over 90,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups.
Capacity: 20 people. RSVP required.
