December 17, 2009

MoMA adds Thursday late hours with DJs, cocktails

The Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday announced a new schedule of MoMA Nights when it will keep the lights on late, set up a bar with a speciality cocktail, serve prix fixe dinner and lead gallery tours.

The museum will stay open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month through June, compared with 5:30 p.m. on regular Thursdays. In July and August, the museum will stay open late every Thursday night, according to MoMA’s website.

The first event, Jan. 7, will feature DJ AJ Slim spinning house, rare soul, afrobeat, and funk in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium. The At documentary “My Neighbor, My Killer” will screen at 8 p.m.

It’s not a free night; the regular $20 admission is required. (MoMA free admission hours, sponsored by Target, remain Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m. See the list of other NYC museums with free hours.)

Many other NYC museums stay open late on select days each week. Thursdays already offer a wide selection, including the New Museum, Museum of Chinese in America and the Museum of Arts & Design, which are all open until 9 p.m. with either free or pay-what-you-wish admission.

MoMA also offers private after-hours tours.

Image source: From the Gabriel Orozco exhibition at MoMA through March 1.

Gabriel Orozco. (Mexican, born 1962) Mobile Matrix. (Detail.) 2006 Graphite on gray whale skeleton 6’ 5 3/16” x 35’ 8 ¾” x 8’ 8 ¾” (196 × 1089 × 266 cm) Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City ©2009 Gabriel Orozco.

Earlier: ‘Speakeasy’ to open on Museum of City of NY terrace
MoMA stays open late on Thursdays through August

December 17, 2009 8:42 AM in Drinkology, Midtown, Museums

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