Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary art museum in central Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in central Moscow, Russia, devoted to works from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It holds more than two thousand pieces spread across several buildings in the city center, featuring paintings, sculptures and installations.

The museum opened in December 1999 as the first state institution in Russia devoted exclusively to contemporary art. Its founding marked a shift in official recognition of modern creative expression following the end of the Soviet Union.

The museum's name follows the New York MoMA, whose collecting and display model it took as a reference. Its founder, Zurab Tsereteli, based the first display on his own collection of 20th-century works. Since 2011 volunteers have taken part in the museum's activities, and the Free Studios school trains young artists and curators over a two-year course.

The main building at 25 Petrovka Street sits near Petrovsky Boulevard; the nearest metro is Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya or Tverskaya. Other venues are at Ermolaevsky Lane 17 (Mayakovskaya), Tverskoy Boulevard 9 and Gogolevsky Boulevard 10 (Kropotkinskaya). The Petrovka building is the former Gubin mansion by Matvei Kazakov, so expect historic interiors rather than purpose-built galleries.

The separate locations on Ermolaevsky Lane, Gogolevsky Boulevard and Bolshaya Gruzinskaya each present different parts of the collection. Visiting all branches offers a view of Russian and international modern art set in contrasting buildings around the city.