The Museum of Modern Arts in New York is to reopen its Manhattan site to the public on 20 November 2004, following an extensive renovation which has almost doubled the size of the existing building.

For the duration of the construction, the museum has remained open in a temporary home in the Queens borough at Long Island City.

One floor of the Manhattan site will display contemporary art and include galleries for prints and illustrated books plus a media gallery, café and bookstore reading room.

A further floor will feature gallery space for architecture and design, drawings, photography and temporary exhibitions with fixed and variable galleries on the fourth and fifth floors devoted to painting and sculpture.

Other additions to the museum include a fine dining restaurant and two cafés which will be operated by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group.

To celebrate the reopening, admission will be free on the opening day. Details: www.nycvisit.com