Luggage storageMuseum of Modern Art

Luggage storage and bag rules at MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art, the modern art museum founded in 1929, prohibits luggage of any size or type. Nothing larger than 11 by 17 by 5 inches gets past the security checkpoint and metal detector at the entrance.

Two free coat checkrooms — one for members, one for general visitors — handle coats and smaller belongings, but everything must be claimed before closing and space isn't guaranteed once capacity fills up.

The museum opens daily at 10:30 a.m. and closes at 5:30 p.m., with extended hours until 8:30 p.m. on Fridays. With Stasher, you can store bags from $2.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations near the Museum of Modern Art.

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• Local shop, 9 min walk · open 09:00–00:00 every day · rated 5/5 (1,000+ reviews)
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You'll typically find a bag drop at cafés and local shops. Of the nearby points, 1 stays open late. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to US$13,000. Stasher storage near the Museum of Modern Art can be booked through the website or app.

Getting to MoMA with luggage

The 5th Avenue-53rd Street station on the E and M lines is directly across the street from the museum, which makes it an easy subway arrival point. The 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center station, served by the B, D, F, and M lines, sits about a three-minute walk away and is fully accessible. If you're coming by bus instead, the M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5 routes along Fifth and Madison Avenues drop you within a two- to five-minute walk of the entrance from stops between 50th and 57th Streets.

Storage at nearby stations and neighbourhoods

Grand Central Terminal, which handles Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains via Grand Central Madison, has no official luggage storage services. The Broadway theatre district, stretching from West 40th to West 54th Street between Sixth and Eighth Avenues, has the same problem — there's no general storage facility for the neighbourhood, and individual theatres won't take large bags or anything that can't fit comfortably at a seat.

One Times Square, in the heart of the Times Square entertainment hub, prohibits suitcases, trunks, wheeled duffels, carry-ons, coolers, and packages, and does not offer a coat check.

Other nearby areas with no official storage

Chinatown is a dense, historic neighbourhood full of food markets and crowds, but the Chinatown Partnership provides no official luggage storage facility. Little Italy, known for its Italian-American heritage, historic restaurants, and the September San Gennaro festival, is served by the closest subway stations at Canal Street on the 6, N, J, Q, and Z lines, Bowery on the J and Z, and Grand Street on the B and D.