Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Tom Marioni

Untitled

Photograph depicting a sculpture of the head of figure, against a dark background. The head is smooth, despite textured hair. The eyes lack pupils, giving the face a blank look.

Bernès Marouteau & Cie

Head

Mehdi-Georges Lahlou

Sans titre - haut et bas (Untitled - top and bottom)

Vintage photograph showing a corner view of two blankets, a patterned red, blue, and beige blanket and a red woven blanket with green triangular designs, inside an open wooden box.

Andy Warhol

Untitled (Native American blanket wrap in chest)

Nude person with braided hair and calf length shoes sits crouched, facing down, on a red geometric patterned backdrop. The person’s arms pressed together to cover their body.

Cara Romero

NIKKI

Felix Bonfils

Karnak Avenue Centrale de la Salle Hypostyle, Egypte

Todd Gray

Portraits Couple

Thomas Ruff

Jpeg ca03

Photograph of an abandoned-looking operating room with chipping ceilings, blue walls, and discarded paper and debris scattering the gray floor. Aged medical equipment and white metal furniture splay the room.

Jane Wilson

Stasi City (Operating Room)

Black and white photo of a person in a white dress being assisted by two firefighters wearing long coats and helmets and holding a hose. A ladder is in the dark background.

Weegee

New York City

Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder [Photographic Documentation]

Dark silhouetted figures pose against an immersive glowing red space, intersected by criss-crossing laser beams.

Friedrich St.Florian

Imaginary Architecture Exhibition Moderna Museet, Stockholm

A person wearing glasses sits on a white bench in a dimly lit space, reaching out to touch a bright white laser beam as other beams intersect, criss-crossing the room.

Friedrich St.Florian

Imaginary Architecture Exhibition

Friedrich St.Florian

Proposal for a New Harvard Bridge Boston/ Cambridge, Exhibition at the Hayden Gallery, MIT (Photograph of Model)

Friedrich St.Florian

Villa Morgenthau North Kingston, RI (Front View)

Friedrich St.Florian

Villa Morgenthau North Kingston, RI (Rear View)

Friedrich St.Florian

Pratt Hill Townhouses Providence, RI (West Elevation)

Friedrich St.Florian

Pratt Hill Townhouses Providence, RI (North Elevation)

Jamil Fatti

Untitled

A fragment of intricate lace with a hexagonal mesh pattern, featuring decorative motifs of flowers and swirls.

William Henry Fox Talbot

A Strip of Lace with Selvage