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MUUS Collection is an American 20th century photography collection that preserves, researches, and reveals work from the archives in its care.
Preserve. Research. Reveal.
MUUS Collection is an American 20th century photography collection that preserves, researches, and reveals work from the archives it owns and represents.
MUUS Collection transforms archives by organizing and interpreting them, inviting study, and illuminating our photographers’ work through publication, exhibition, and strategic partnerships.
Impact & Sustainability
MUUS Collection partners with a number of other photography organizations on programming.
MUUS Collection is proud to officially join fellow arts organizations in enlisting with the Gallery Climate Coalition and takes steps to ensure that our exhibitions and presentations are in line with best environmental practices.

Contact sheet of roll 7987-91 (Washington Square Park) New York, New York, 1985
Created in 2026, the MUUS Collection Research Fellowship comprises a $20,000 grant awarded to a curator or academic. The grant will allow the Fellow to spend time in the MUUS Collection archives and use our new MUUSEUM Research Portal to develop an exhibition or publication concept based on works within the collections. The Fellow will also benefit from mentorship sessions with the advisory board.
As a part of the $20,000 grant, MUUS Collection will provide full coverage of travel costs to the archive. The winner will be decided in October and announced at Paris Photo.
Advisory Board & Judges: Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director, Photo Elysée; Sarah Meister, Executive Director, Aperture; Paul Roth, Director, Image Centre; Mark Sealy OBE, Executive Director, Autograph ABP; Sophie Wright, Executive Director, MUUS Collection.
Application opens from May 1, 2026 until July 31, 2026. The grant will run from November 2026-November 2027.

April 22-26, 2026April 22-26, 2026
MUUS Collection returns to AIPAD from April 22-26, 2026 to debut an exhibition on the late photographer's work.MUUS Collection returns to AIPAD from April 22-26, 2026 to debut an exhibition on the late photographer's work.

September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
For our fifth consecutive year as a Partner, MUUS Collection returns to Paris Photo to debut a new exhibition bringing t…For our fifth consecutive year as a Partner, MUUS Collection returns to Paris Photo to debut a new exhibition bringing together works by Lisette Model and her two students, Larry Fink and Rosalind Fox Solomon.

The 432-page tome is an encapsulation of Fink’s master photos, published by powerHouse Books.The 432-page tome is an encapsulation of Fink’s master photos, published by powerHouse Books.