Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
#50🎨 Modern & ContemporaryHobart, Australia

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

David Walsh's subterranean 'subversive adult Disneyland'

About the museum

Built into a sandstone cliff on the Derwent River, MONA houses David Walsh's idiosyncratic collection of antiquities, modern and contemporary art with no labels β€” visitors carry an iPod 'O' device instead.

Must-see highlights

  • β—†Cloaca Professional (Wim Delvoye)
  • β—†fat Car (Erwin Wurm)
  • β—†Snake (Sidney Nolan)
  • β—†James Turrell pavilions
  • β—†MONA FOMA festivals

Recognition

πŸ† Time 100 Greatest Places

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