Themes:

Museums & Collecting: How MoMA Works

Get an inside look at how the MoMA functions. Students might explore ideas around building a collection, the Museum's architecture as part of the collection, or art installation, curatorial practice and other Museum jobs.


Jackson Pollock. One: Number 31. 1950; Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921

Lesson ideas include:
Collecting, Curating, Architecture and Installation

Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4. 1914

Sample Lesson Activity

After discussing Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4, ask students to consider what it illustrates about MoMA's collection in general. What other kind of objects might be in a collection with this one?