At 9 West 53rd Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York, inside the Museum of Modern Art. The nearest station is Fifth Avenue/53rd Street (E, M).

Which museums and sights are near The Modern?

The Museum of Modern Art is 100 m away, Central Park is 1.5 km away, Empire State Building is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is The Modern known for?

The sculpture garden, The Bar Room, Its own door. The restaurant of the Museum of Modern Art, with a dining room that looks through a wall of glass onto the museum's sculpture garden.

When did The Modern open?

In 2005. Opened in January 2005, after the museum's rebuilding.

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The Modern

The Modern is inside MoMA and behaves like a museum piece itself: spare, exact, and facing one of the best views in Midtown, a garden of sculpture among the towers.

What it is: Museum restaurant
Opened: 2005
Area: Inside the Museum of Modern Art
Nearest museum: The Museum of Modern Art, 100 m

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What The Modern is known for

The sculpture garden
The dining room runs along the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, with nothing but glass between the tables and the bronzes.
The Bar Room
The front half of the restaurant is a livelier room with a long bar and a shorter, simpler menu. It does not look onto the garden.
Its own door
The restaurant has an entrance of its own on West 53rd Street and keeps its own hours, so it can be visited without a ticket and after the museum has closed.

What to know

Opened in January 2005, after the museum's rebuilding
Designed in the spirit of the Bauhaus
A terrace opens on the garden side in summer

Where The Modern is

Address

9 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019, United States

Nearest station

Fifth Avenue/53rd Street (E, M)

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

A restaurant for a museum of design

The Modern opened when the museum reopened after its enlargement by Yoshio Taniguchi. Its furniture, its glass and its tableware were chosen from the kind of objects the museum itself collects.

The Modern: common questions

Where is The Modern?: At 9 West 53rd Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York, inside the Museum of Modern Art. The nearest station is Fifth Avenue/53rd Street (E, M).
Which museums and sights are near The Modern?: The Museum of Modern Art is 100 m away, Central Park is 1.5 km away, Empire State Building is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is The Modern known for?: The sculpture garden, The Bar Room, Its own door. The restaurant of the Museum of Modern Art, with a dining room that looks through a wall of glass onto the museum's sculpture garden.
When did The Modern open?: In 2005. Opened in January 2005, after the museum's rebuilding.

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Rating from Google

4.6

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