Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is located between the fifth and sixth avenues in Midtown Manhattan. It is an important center that collects modern art ad displays it for the public. It is also noted as being one of the most influential museums of modern art in today's times. The works included in the museum are architecture, design, drawings, paintings, photography, prints, illustrated books, electronic media and sculptors.
The museum holds more than 150,000 individual pieces and 22,000 films along with more than 4 million film stills. Some of the noted collection pieces of the museum include The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso, Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol, Water Lilies triptych by Claude Monet, Love Song by Giorgio De Chirico, Flag by Jasper Johns, Self-Portrait With Cropped Hair by Frida Kahlo and Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale by Max Ernst.
As a protector and sponsor for modern art, the museum also hosts temporary exhibition houses. Some of these have been the exhibition house by Marcel Breuer in 1949, exhibition house by Gregory Ain in 1950, Japanese exhibition house in 1955 and prefabricated houses planned by various artists in 2008.
The Museum of Modern Art is committed to establishing and preserving all kinds of modernistic art and documenting the manner in which modern and contemporary art has developed over the ages. They also maintain a library, archives and conservation laboratory in their efforts to do so. It has also taken upon itself to fuel and encourage creative minds in order to provide inspiration.
The museum also has a large number of volunteers. These volunteers get an opportunity of great exposure to the works of brilliant masters and they also gain an insight into the manner that the museum works in. Those who qualify to be volunteers also need to have a love of art and an appreciation for the same. They need to be flexible in order to deal with the public and have some basic skills to be able to help in research.
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