MoMA Critique

I visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York City over spring break and found the building quite modern which portrayed what was inside the musuem accuately. The exhibit that i wanted to see most was the Architecture and Design portion where works from Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas and other famous architects were located. Not only did this exhibit show architecture, but it shows various types of design from chairs to cars to forks. The mechanical objects were interesting to see in a museum such as this because many people do not see these as typical design features. A very unique artifact was the helicopter that hung from the ceiling because viewers could see it from the first floor. The Museum also broke down types of design into time periods which created a more systimatic path for viewers. Another positive aspect were the television screens that showed the development of a site to serve a better purpose. This involved the viewers into the exhibit with audio and visual aspects.
There were only a few negative aspects of MoMA. The major aspect was that the design artifacts were not catorigized into types of design. This created an overwhelming expirence of seeing a lot of different items such as cars and forks relatively close to each other. There also could have been more interactive exhibits which showed how design helps the community. Although it had some weaknesses, the musuem did an accurate job depicting how design influences so many different areas of culture.