MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (Venue Partner)
11 W 53rd St
212.708.9400
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The Old West
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Apr 1, 2009 – May 1, 2009
Mondays (10:30am–5:30pm)
Wednesdays–Thursdays (10:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays (10:30am–8pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10:30am–5:30pm)
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- Price
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$20
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Note:
Admission is free Friday evenings from 4-8pm.
Tall tales of the Old West loom over our imaginations like the Sequoias out yonder. Many of these myths were self-invented: folks like Phoebe Ann Mosey, William Cody, Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, and William Hickok mined the Wild West's rough-and-tumble reputation to create characters that still represent the American frontier — these four are better known as Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill. To supplement its current Into the Sunset photography exhibit, MoMA examines representations of our "unofficial national epic" through an eclectic slate of films, including perpetuate-the-legend portrait Buffalo Bill (1944), musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and a few fascinating Edison reels, such as Sioux Ghost Dance and Annie Oakley (1894).
