Fellow art geeks rejoice. The folks at the MoMa have released an official iOS App for Apple’s mobile devices. This free app brings the museum’s vast collection of modern art to your pocket, alongside other high quality and informative museum related content. The default screen is a calendar of current events taking place at the institution including current exhibitions and film schedules. Users can also select from Tours, Art, and Info by tapping on the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. The Mobile Tours portion of the app is designed to provide accompaniment to a museum visit, and the Info screen provides museum hours, admission, a floor plan, and more.
Unless you’re actually at the museum, the Art category of the app is the next best thing. This immense catalog of the museum’s permanent collection provides users with information and high quality images of every piece to ever pass through the MoMA’s doors. Art can be searched by artist, collection, and by current exhibitions. The app also features a comprehensive “Art Terms” section. This can serve to bolster both the credibility and pretentiousness of the art historian in us all. Plus, its an awesome way to impress people at parties! (A trick I learned pretty quickly as an art major.) The only downside to the app is that due to its small size, it relies on a Wi-Fi or 3G connection to load the majority of its content.
You can download the app here