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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Named one of the "World's Most Beautiful Art Museums" by Travel + Leisure magazine. Experience the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando’s “Arbor for Art” in Fort Worth. The Modern Art Museum of...

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Named one of the "World's Most Beautiful Art Museums" by Travel + Leisure magazine.

Experience the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando’s “Arbor for Art” in Fort Worth. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth maintains one of the foremost collections of international modern and contemporary art in the central United States. Various movements, themes, and styles are represented, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Pop art, and Minimalism, as well as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s and beyond, recent developments in abstraction and figurative sculpture, and contemporary movements in photography, video, and digital imagery. Discover amazing contemporary works … displayed in a serene concrete and glass building surrounded by a magnificent reflecting pond. Make the trip to see our special exhibitions and take a docent-led tour.

Visitors to the Museum can also enjoy a fine dining experience in Café Modern’s elliptical dining room set on the Museum’s reflecting pond or shop for unique gifts at The Modern Shop.

Take advantage of the Modern’s unique weekly programming. Tuesday Evenings at the Modern, a popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, scholars, and critics is free and open to the public. The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films screened on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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