Museum of Street Art (MoSA) — Local services in New York

This was a joke.

I was so excited to find this museum & see the graffiti work, BUT THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM. It’s only a STAIRWELL in a new trendy hotel in New York City. The hotel design is spectacular BUT THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM. I was so disappointed.

I throughly browsed the website, made a reservation to come...no one even cared about me having a “reservation” (it’s not needed btw). One of the hotel employees took me to the rooftop floor - there are no signs on the rooftop that instruct you to the “museum” - you go out the EXIT door and the “graffiti” starts...every artist had 1 floor designated for their work; I only noticed a handful of graffiti artists and the remainder was portrait artists. You get to the bottom floor and THAT’S IT! No conclusion, no “museum staff or support” - I thought the stairwell was only the beginning of the experience.

This experience left me with “less to be desired work” - hyped up for no reason and on top of it, the curator wasn’t even born in NY, not the United States...she moved here when she was a teenager. How do you curate culture that you never grew up with?

THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM - do not waste your time. You can see amazing graffiti artists all over NYC, without going here. Go to the TRANSIT MUSEUM - this is where you will find amazing history and value the efforts of all those who made this MUSEUM possible + truly appreciate the workers who died to make the NY...

Trying to figure out how to visit the museum of street art ahead of time was needlessly confusing. So here is how you do it: go on Resy and search for MoSa by 5pointz. You can make a free reservation between 9am-5pm. If you want to visit after 5pm, make a free reservation on Resy for the cloudM rooftop bar. Either way check in at the front desk when you walk in to the hotel and security will give you access to get to the 20th floor. The bar was elegant without being pretentious and has great views. Whether you have a bar reservation or a MoSa reservation you just go to the stairs to see the 20 floors of street art. It’s a good rainy day activity. At the bottom there are black chalkboard walls and chalk to make your own mark. I would say all 20 floors will take anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, depending on how much time you want to spend...

A true New York experience! Located in the recently opened Citizen M Hotel, the Museum of Street Art features artists from 5 Pointz. It closes in the late afternoon so it is best to visit in the afternoon. After taking the elevator to the top floor, the exhibits are in the stairwell, each floor featuring a different artist. After walking down, take the elevator back up for a cocktail in the rooftop bar which has truly fantastic views...