Museum of Arts and Design

Corey Szumski

I always enjoy visiting this museum when in NYC. I visited at 10 am on a Saturday and it was quite empty, which made for a nice experience visiting the exhibits. The strong AC was a major plus on a hot July day. There were four floors of exhibits, all of which were very interesting. I particularly enjoyed the jewelry exhibit. We had the opportunity to speak to an artist working on the sixth floor and I recommend stopping there as you are likely to learn something new! I spent about two hours going through quite slowly - I think most people would spend less time here. Overalll, I highly recommend this museum!

Jonathan Chan

Conveniently located right off Columbus circle and the edge of Central Park. Very modern and clean design for the venue. It is definitely definitely on the smaller side but laid out well. I suggest taking the elevator to the top of the exhibits and starting at the 7th floor. Then take the stairs down. That way you only have to wait for the elevator once. Would consider coming back for the right exhibitions.

Zo Sidhu

MAD has a nice flow of visitors although the people that come an go don’t seem to understand or appreciate any of the pieces that are put out. For example; there would be large groups of friends that go here and all they do is make fun of the art or be completely ignorant about the information of the art when it’s right in front of them lol there’s a description next to every single piece. Me on the other hand was there for about 4 hours just taking it in. I am moving abroad to the fashion capitol in the world and I’ll be studying out there for as long as i can. Coming here was such a huge inspiration for me! I have never seen anything like this museum before! I had a great experience here. The time I went, only the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th floor were available and the 4th and 5th floor should be available now since the 14th of March. I definitely need to make plans to see the other floors!😃 The 6th floor does not have much going on during the weekend because they are just people doing their work in their offices. A pretty small floor that’s available to museum visitors. A couple of the offices are glass so you can see the work that they are doing and that’s really cool!

S. Lynne Hazell

Wonderful exhibits. Artwork was equally captivating to a senior citizen and a 10 year-old! Small museum so it is easy to see everything in one visit but so enjoyable you want to go back again.