New York City is home to a diverse culture. This is what makes it distinct from any other place in the U.S. On top of this are the magnificent New York attractions.

If you are the kind of person who is into modern art, New York City definitely has the place to suffice your artistic appetite. The place is the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In this huge museum, you will find work of various influential American artists and the best collection of modern Western masterpieces on the planet. There are over 300,000 books in the store of this museum. More than 150,000 individual paintings and drawings and approximately 22,000 films all of which are ready to be visited and appreciated in the Museum of Modern Art. The museum also holds a huge number of architectural designs and sculptures. Surely, when it comes to modern and contemporary art, nothing compares to the Museum of Modern Art.

A few familiar and important pieces that can be found in the MoMA are Claude Monet’s Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond and Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Giorgio De Chirico, Love Song, and Henri Matisse, The Plum Blossoms. The museum also houses photography and designs from legendary designers.

The MoMA dates back to 1929, when it started by renting a small area to house its pieces. It had then improved and became an icon in developing and collecting modernist art. The expansion and growth of MoMA has reached the point that it now has its own award-winning fine dining restaurant called The Modern.

Aside from the MoMA, there are many other New York Attractions to visit. An example is the Empire State Building. Over 110 million people already visited this 102 story land mark and the count still continues. This is the tallest building in the state of New York with its state of the art outdoor observatories that has an impressive 360 view of the whole city.

Another great find in New York is the Museum of Natural History. It has many wonderful exhibits and is one of the largest in most celebrated museums in the world. A notable part of this museum is the Rose Center and Planetarium. We can also find here the Art of the Diorama which recreates nature, the Hall of Meteorites, and of course the ever famous Fossil Halls which contains fossils of the “king” of dinosaurs the Tyrannosaurus Rex, of mammoths, and some few other extinct creatures.

There are other museums and historic landmarks that go with the many New York attractions. They include the Guggenheim Museum which also holds 20th and 21st century art, impressionist, post-impressionist, early modern and contemporary art. And of course, the attraction which would make New York incomplete without it, the grand world-famous Statue of Liberty.

If you wanted to enjoy as much as you can with your stay in New York, never miss MoMA and other amazing New York attractions. You will never regret visiting such places.

What would New York City be without the MoMA? When next you are searching for New York attractions to see, make sure you stop by this wonderful museum to see it for yourself.

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