Well kept and manage.Stop by if you are in the area.A beautiful place to spend some quality leisure time.Front desk staff could perhaps be friendlier towards visitors.I dont think anyone even welcomes us or said hello. Love the iconic skyline of the museum location.

This was a nice museum, but its fairly small. Went through the whole thing in an hour and a half. Also, although modern art can encompass artists like Degas and Picasso, this museum is more focused on very recent and often very abstract modern art. When I went on a Sunday, there was an artist at work (top floor) who is there for much of the day, and it seems they have different artists there on most days. When I was there, the artist was very friendly and open to talking about her work/process.

This muesum is very odd and full of human hair, but I really did enjoy some of the work. Some pieces were strange, but after reading the artists reasoning behind the piece I would feel guilty for initially making fun of it. Specifically the plastic lawn chair covered in rivets that I thought was pretentious comes to mind. The level that was full of the American Mexican art and the current state of immigrants migrating into America was very interesting and a perspective I havent thought of before.

The world-class exhibitions, their organization and presentation continue to impress. Thank you MFAH for opening our minds by exposing us to impactful artists and giving us insight and meaning to their beautiful works. The major exhibitions include a free, bilingual audio guide which provides meaningful background for additional context to the works. I learn so much each time I visit. The exhibitions they offer makes membership a bargain. Today Berthe Morisot, the private Impressionist exhibit (sorry no pics allowed for this one) and Beatriz González were truly enlightening. I cant wait to return for Rockwell and Johns because 4 hours wasnt enough to absorb them today . MFAH has come a long way and when the new building opens - WOW.

In a city full of top notch museums, this one is definitely underrated. I like that it is not crowded though, and the exhibits are well maintained.. I was recently there for the Punk exhibit, and loved it. My only gripe was that they were closing off sections for freshening up during prime visiting time. Wish that could have been done after hours.

Great space and artwork. I always enjoy coming here.

I am a big fan of Anna Sui .Thank you MAD for presenting The world of Anna Sui exhibition. Its great to be so closed to some of her important collections.

Like all museums, depends a lot on the individual exhibits. Nonetheless, this is an terrific museum for up and coming artists in the design, craft, embroidery, and textile space.As a bonus, the sixth floor has studios populated by live in residence artists that you can converse with while looking at their work. Truly inspiring for me would be artists.The gift store is very nice, but also very expensive

This is actually a hidden gem. We’ve visited twice. The first time exhibits included a seascape created from crochet and found object and an exquisite display of erotic Rococo inspired porcelain. On our second visit the focus of the exhibits was all about sound and music. You should check it out!

A great building and a very nice museum! The exhibition about Anna Sui is incredible. I love the place for idea of artist workshops “available” for the public.

Great location for taking in art, cool modern art and shopping for artsy books, jewelry apparel and many other items

Small exhibition this time but good items.

Honestly, this is not the museum I would advise to visit first in NYC.Its not really art, not really design. Exhibitions are something between decorative, artistic, abstract... But being art is not about being just abstract and decorative.Plenty of other places to go and visit before stopping here...

Small but nicely curated. The main floors were under construction when I went so make sure to check k ahead. There was a nice 2 floor exhibit on hippie counterculture, mainly the clothing. Always Check ahead to see if you are interested in the current exhibit because a full ticket is $16 and its a very small museum.

Always a refreshing take on how to look at the design from the everyday sign to the fine art. Makes you appreciate and better understand the context for how design is quintessential in everything we interact with.

Thats a cool museum. Art made out of anything in any shape.

Anna Sui is one of my favorite designers and I enjoyed the exhibit which showed how she developed as an artist. I am a crochet designer and I was truly inspired by how she used various mediums, periods, and colors to design her collections.

I visited here for the Anna Sui exhibit. The museum itself is situated in Columbus Circle which makes it easily accessible to the subway and to other things. I think that what I love most about this museum is that the spotlight exhibit was Anna Sui but then there are other exhibits and pieces that touch on Asian culture, relating Anna Sui in perfectly. I love that this museum is well curated and has an interesting spacial awareness to it when guiding the viewers eyes.

The Artist are very welcome on the 6th floor, The exhibition is awesome and some exhibit should be tagged put of this world

It’s a modern art museum that shows beautiful pieces with material as one of the central themes. Material such as ceramic, fiber, and gold. I particularly enjoyed the exquisite porcelain collection by Chris Antemann and the irregularly shaped ceramic art by Peter Voulkos.Pay-as-you-wish every Thursday evening.

I miss the exhibits. Anna Sui was spectacular when we went.

Love the layout. Great exhibits.

Exhibits are always thoughtfully curated and the museum is not overwhelming.

This place has great jewelry displays in the drawers on the 2nd floor of the muesum. One of the museums signature jewelry events is LOOT, an exhibition and sale of contemporary art jewelry. All of the socialitesdelightfully support the annual LOOT show at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).Countries representing jewelry designers from around the world included: Argentina, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Romania, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Isreal and Thailand exhibit and sell jewelry at the museum. It is best to contact the museum for information and current events at the Museum of Arts and Design.

The museum is only 3 floors with each one being about 1000sqft.

The Best Unknown (to Most) Museum in NYC. Dedicated to art of unlikely mediums (grass weaving a bizarre ceramic pottery, murals of designer clothing labels {including only the second piece of art that made me burst into tears once I figured out what I was looking at: underpaid sweatshop laborers hunched over sewing machines, a HUGE mural made of thousands of labels of $1000 and up articles of clothing...very powerful} insect webs, birds nests, paper clothing, to name a few.) Never crowds or rushed, one of NYCs Best Kept Secrets. (Pay what you wish Thursdays after 6 pm.) GO!

Really interesting and small museum. Exhibits change every few months. Great gift shop

Pretty small a museum but loved the collection...

Interesting if quirky shows, but one of the best museum shops Ive ever found..

The best museum gift store in NYC! Hope delivered outstanding customer service to me and my friends and addressed all of our outlandish questions and requests with grace and charm. It was a wonderful shopping experience!!! The Anna Sui exhibit is Marvelous

My first time and I felt in love with this museum..! This has a restaurant on the top floor and with a spectacular view

The museum is tiny and only has one floor with exhibitions. I came on Thursday pay what you wish and paid $5. Spent only 10 minutes in there because there. That was enough. I would not go again. I think its nice for people who are really really into that stuff.

Went for the punk graphic design exhibit: too fast to live, too young to die.the artifacts were relatively compelling but the actual experience of the exhibit wasnt fantastic.

A good museum that not many people know about in NYC compared to other more popular art museums. Decent amount of exhibits and a nice looking restaurant too. A good change of pace from other modern art museums. Would recommend

This is a smaller museum, but had wonderfully diverse exhibits when I visited. Great for people who appreciate attention to detail and crafty arts.

Small but nice place with very creative and thought provocative art. And you can buy some art pieces too.

This museum is small and not worth the full price entrance. The staff is very snooty and rude, especially at the front desk. The only decent exhibit is the Burke show on the 3rd floor. Dont waste your time, but if you really want to check it out, use a groupon and save your money.

Really disappointing - two floors were completely closed, which they didnt even tell the visitors when they bought the tickets (for the full price!).Update: The museum replied and invited me to contact them, which I did but there was no response. So MAD, please stop pretending you care...

Tl;dr: Attended for the Anna Sui show: While the actual displayed work was lovely, experience was derailed by the man at the elevator that disallowed my husband and I to use the elevator to coat check (I have a hidden disability and brace on my knee, which made it extremely painful to walk down the stairs), and the condescending staff at the front desk.Am greatly pleased and thankful for the helpful guard staff who showed kindness, assisted when it takes me longer to get to an elevator, and brought humanity to an otherwise dismaying start. I want to advise the owners of the building to school their staff on disabilities and physically blocking my access to the elevator when requested (man on first floor, in front of elevator, without a security badge--seemed plainclothes). Had I been without my husband accompanying or injured myself further, I would have escalated the situation.

If you like fashion it is a good place to go. Good exhibits, smallish place. Worth a visit.

Wonderful museum with thoughtful and interactive exhibits. Dont miss the jewelry in drawers sort of hidden within the wearable sound section on the second floor. And the restaurant on the top floor has an amazing view of Central Park with live jazz brunch on Sundays.

I loved!! Thursday is free from 6:00 pm to 21:00 pm. You can donate some money to in, if you can!

This is a lovely, intimate museum. Only a few floors were open when I went, as they prepare for the new Anna Sui exhibit opening in September, so prices were lower. Right outside Central Park, and a great place to take a break from walking around outside.

Very interactive. And ADA assesible. Very wonderful and attentive staff

The guided tour was life savior else I would have just been wondering with all kinds of Ws “why” “what””how”...!!!Heaven for art lovers.

For those who have NYC ID, it is worth it to do your membership. They have great modern exhibition.

Cone a little early for dinner or drinks and check out the museum. Some great designs. Loads of genres, fashion to forks.

Hidden gem in Manhattan. Great exhibits and programs

Was a nice way to spend a few hours in Columbus circle. Some very unique exhibits

Loved, loved the Anna Sui installation which occupied two floors. I went during the week, so while I spent most time on those two floors, one of the other floors were not yet ready for viewing... I think tickets should be discounted in that case. This was my first time visiting the museum, after purchasing my ticket, I was given no instruction or museum layout on navagating the floors, nothing. Not knowing where to go, I diverted to the basement level.. clueless . On my way out, the woman who sold me the ticket was giving an overview of the floors to two women. I left wondering why was I not given that same instruction??

Love Roberts Restaurant on the 9th floor, so festively decorated plus the food is wonderful.

Loved this place so much I joined. We visited the gift shop and both made a purchase. Gorgeous jewelry! The museum was within walking distance of our hotel. I received my membership card yesterday. So excited!

I love this design museum. They always have interesting exhibitions and I often suggest it to other people who are visiting out of town. This museum is a comfortable size, so you can get your design fix without getting overly exhausted. I also enjoy their open studios when you can chat with various creatives and see their work-in-progress.

If you’re an Architecture fan the reuse of 2 Columbus Circle is a treat. Would highly recommend checking to see what exhibits are there before you go.

Right on the edge of Columbus Circle and Central Park enjoy a visit and end it at Robert, the restaurant in the 9th floor which offers amazing views over Central Park

Thought provoking exhibits. Well worth your time and money.

Perfect location and nice design. The art installations were interesting but definitely more introduction and explanation.

Went to visit the exhibition Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Dye: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986 and it was amazing! I recommend to go there on thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. for a pay-what-you-wish entry. Its always good to save some money when visiting New York. ;)

Always a joy to visit. Lovely small-ish museum

Very nice museum, not to crowded. The exhibition are very beautiful. The anna sui exhibition is marvelous. Try to buy a coupon through groupon.

Cozy so you dont feel like you have to rush to see all the exhibits. Always have something interesting on display and the jewelry on the second floor is a reliable attraction (be sure to open the drawers).

Quiet museum chock-full of interesting exhibits.

Very unique exhibits. Well worth a visit

Lovely exhibition, mainly clothing which is not my thing but I can appreciate it

Quality of the Museum seems to depend heavily on what its showing, nothing that was there when I visited particularly interested me except one exhibition which was rather small. I imagine if you look up exhibitions in advance and find something youre really interested in itd be good as it seemed to be well curated, but between it the Museum of Contemporary Art its no contest, especially considering the prices are similar.

Few people know about this museum, but it’s pretty good here, there are few people and there are interesting exhibits.

I personally wouldn’t pay the $18 entrance fee for this. But if you come on Thursdays between 18:00 and 21:00, it’s Pay as you wish (they recommend $5).

The museum has a fabulous show going on now about fashion designing. Anna Sui and Vera Neumann are iconic designers and the museum has outdone themselves showing off their work. Anna Suis fashions are still so hip and current. There is an entire floor dedicated to her designs. We loved looking at the Burke Prize finalists. I have included 2 photos of my favorite pieces. The Burke Prize will be awarded to contemporary artists under the age of 45 working in glass, fiber, metal, clay, and/or wood. A $50,000 winner will be announced sometime in the future at their gala. Wish I was going!! And the gift shop is always a must browse.

I found this museum to be a very interesting place with so much great galleries along with some films with cool jewelry exhibits. I found it as a great way to spend my afternoon ,it’s just such a fascinating place to see you should take time and see it for your self.

In my opinion this is an extremely over rated experience for the $8.00 student fee they charge for out of state students. The abstract art didnt look anything great and didnt seem to have been made with a design mindset. The sixth floor had only one artist to interact with who seemed extremely tired and exhausted. I wish they collected better artwork and were slightly more design oriented since the word Design is part of their name. The giftstore was the best part of my experience and you can visit that for free.

They have something for everyone! And if you like to shop they have great malls and shops right around the corner.

Costumes. Exhibition of 70s-89s album cover art. Love that they had some vinyl you could put on a turntable and play

Make sure you use a Groupon and save on entrance. Some exhibits were more exciting than others. Overall very pleasant and compact museum different from traditional.

A small museum but with some interesting exhibits on multiple floors. Many exhibits are displayed on the multiple drawers which need to be pulled out to view the exhibits. Too tedious.

Super friendly staff - they always greet you the minute you walk through the door and ask if you need anything (even when theyre busy). Theyre really professional and know what theyre talking about when asked questions. Also whenever I forget my student discount card, the person at the register offers me theirs. Their sales are amazing, but even when not on sale their prices cant be beat!

I stopped to talk with the artists in their studios, and enjoyed the Anna Suis exhibition.

Great place to visit while in NY

This is a good museum if you have been to several others in NYC already. The lobby security was unpleasant however and the second floor security hovered too much. The third and fourth floor security was much better though. Overall, a couple of the galleries are worth seeing and the Fake News and True Love Exhibit is cool (and timely).

Wide space amazing pieces and wonderful energy. You can even take a walk to central park after

Possibly the best museum in New York, although it lacks popularity when compared to the giant names of the other museums in this city.

This “museum” was quite a let-down. Allow me to explain the quotation marks around the word museum - I doubt that this institution conducts research, which is the definition of museum.The quality of the exposition was poor and not commensurate with the price of the ticket. I rarely regret spending money on anything art and education related, but this time I definitely wasted money.

Really nice but surprisingly small.

Great placeBut depending of the current showSometimes their shows are so well curatedGift shop has one of a kind giftsThe restaurant on the top floor is unbelievable and tastyBut pricey

Nice and cosy museum. I like the place

Really nice statues reminds me of what women think that frees them

Great museum showing 3D art made from mixed media. You can catch a free docent tour a couple times per day. Nice quiet, hidden bathrooms on the lower level and free coat check.

It’s ok. Very small, and when I visited only two exhibits. Well laid out but expensive for 30 mins

It was more of a Crafts exhibition than anything other... There were some interesting exhibits, but it felt like many of them were just look what I can do instead of this is what I have to say in, and this is my way to say/show it kind of thing...2 floors were under construction, so maybe in the next few weeks things will get much more interesting...

Saw two floors and was yelled at about our stroller on the third one. My kid was upset by the exchange, so we left. The art was fine, but definitely just something to do to kill time if youre in the area. Not a destination museum. We didnt have to pay for it at least.

MAD is avant-garde. Their exhibits that have artists that other museums would never display. Every time I visit I see amazing shows.

Awesome expos, different levels and different experiences. Absolutely exquisite!

Interesting exhibits. Always learn something. The Eyes Level is a gorgeous piece. Such moving and inspired work by Native and African American artists. Dont miss the Kookerville video on top floor.

Unique museum on the southwest corner of Central Park

Small museum, but has some impressive shows.

We used to call this the Ugly building. I know, I know, it was designed by some genius. Anyway theyve fixed it up and the current Punk show is really well done.

I love MAD because it has interesting artworks and opinions you won’t see elsewhere. I wish the signage were clearer so you knew where to go, and it’s a quick trip. But if you’re interested in American design through the lens of craftsmanship, this is for you.

Highly recommend stopping by the New York natural history museum! Great for all ages! & the wild life photography exhibition is a must while it still last.

Do not waste your time here if you have limited time in the city. Go here if you want to pay a lot to see rocks and snapchat filters. I dont see how they manage to call themselves a museum.

The artwork was wonderful and the people working there were very nice. Especially this woman who gave me and my best friend ideas for pictures

3 floors devoted to 1 major exhibit. 1 floor closed for construction. Expensive gift shop.