Museum of Modern Art

Big Bird and Baby Bear with Joan Miro's "Moonbird."

The Museum of Modern Art, often abbreviated as MoMA, is an art Museum located in New York City. Known for its collection of modernist art, is it considered one of the most influential museums of modern art in the world. Its collection includes works of architecture and design, painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, prints, books, film, and other electronic media.

Jim Henson's short film Time Piece premiered in May 1965 at the Museum of Modern Art.

Characters from Sesame Street visited the Museum in a series of inserts for the show for season 28. Baby Bear shows Big Bird his favorite painting, Henri Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy" (EKA: Episode 3529). The duo also observe Joan Miró's sculpture "Moonbird" in the garden (EKA: Episode 3672), a Jackson Pollock painting (EKA: Episode 3694), and a sculpture by Pablo Picasso (EKA: Episode 3702). Baby Bear and Papa Bear observe a Piet Mondrian painting as well (EKA: Episode 3682)

References

• The museum was spoofed with the coloring books Museum of Monster Art (with the cover spoofing the painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" and Museum of Monster Art Sticker Time (spoofing the "Mona Lisa").

Picasso's sculpture

Piet Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie"

Henri Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy"

Jackson Pollock's "One: Number 31, 1950"

Joan Miró's "Moonbird"

Museum of Monster Art Sticker Time

Museum of Monster Art

External links

• Official site