Calling all pizza lovers! There’s a new museum just for you – the Museum of Pizza (MoPi). NYC Museums have taken on a new meaning and everyday a new immersive popup takes the city by the storm. The MoPi features immersive art installations celebrating all things pizza. MoPi offers a multi-sensory experience with a Pizza-themed art gallery, a cheese cave, a pizza beach and a space for pizza meditation. This experiential pizza adventure is sponsored by DiGiorno, Hidden Valley, Seamless, Totinos Pizza Rolls and Cappello’s. At the end of the tour, you’ll get to devour a heavenly slice of Williamsburg Pizza. We highly recommend a visit to this social media-fueled funhouse this Fall.
Pizza is one of the only foods with universal global appeal. Kareem Rahma, CEO of the entertainment company Nameless Network, worked with contemporary artists to create unique pizza-centric art installations. Our tour started with a history lesson on pizza. Pizza began as a basic flatbread or pita with toppings. Modern pizza was developed in Naples, when tomato was added to the flatbread during the late 18th century.
After the lesson, we walked through the “Psychedelic Pizza Parlor”, which featured pizza boxes and pizza photographs. These are no ordinary pizza boxes! They are selections from Scott Weiner’s Guinness Book of World Records-recognized pizza box collection. RJ Supa curated this room, which also featured Sarah Bahbah’s iconic pizza photograph.
Next we walked through “Gazoo to the Moon,” a blacklight pizza vortex by Signe Pierce and Emma Stern.
Next we walked through the Pizza Cave by Caleb Gilbert. This room was filled with molten cheesy stalactites.
DiGiorno created a whimsical pizza playground. We played on the seesaw, but you can also play corn holes too. Use the photobooth to create a memorable GIF. Just type in your email address and wait for the “it’s not delivery, it’s DiGiorno” GIF to arrive.
There are some murals which are great for individual portraits.
After the mini photo session, we walked into Adam Green’s “Pizza Beach” room. In this feel good room, we snapped a great group shot with a pizza-eating orthodox Jewish Santa Claus at the beach.
Our friend Eric also snapped a fantastic panoramic shot of us in the room.
We hopped into the vibrant pizza pan and struck a pizza pose at Shawna X’s “Say Cheese” room.
Pinky Weber, an award-winning professional doodler and muralist, designed the Hidden Valley Ranch mural. We used the props to get our Instagram-worthy shots. After the photobooth, we devoured some delicious pizza.
MoPi Tickets are $35 and available from October 13th – November 18th, 2018. Senior citizens over 65 and children under 5 are free with an adult. We had a blast eating pizza and taking our pizza selfies. Pinky Weber even designed our Twinspirational pizza box.
“Square box, round pizza, triangle slices. I’m confused.”
I have never been there but it looks like a nice place to visit with your family and I am sure everyone will be having a great time exploring this museum.
There’s a museum for pizza?!?! That’s amazing!! I would love to go see it for myself!
I love pizza! So cool. The next time I hit NYC, I am definitely going to check it out!
Now, this sounds like my kind of museum! Pizza is one of my favourites. Will have to visit here 🙂
Wow! Lucky you with your place. I really love pizza. I am a really fan of it. That’s one of my favorite food that I can’t resist to eat. So yummy!
I never knew of this. I love pizza. I have never been there but it looks like a nice place to visit
Omg yes!! What a cute experience. I was thinking of going to this, too!
Just the title caught my attention straight away to be honest. Pizza is the best! I love all the fun pictures that you took there 🙂
What a great museum! You two are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing this amazing place!
Can someone explain why I am hungry. I wish this was me swimming in pizza land.
Can someone explain why I am hungry. I wish this was me swimming in pizza land.
Wow! I wish I could visit it too… it looks like fun!
I love pizza! It’s so delicious, I have to admit I LOVE it. This museum is definitely for me!
It looks so cool! Wish we had more fun museums like this around Europe!
This looks like such a fun museum!! I love pizza and would want to check out all things pizza as well.
You all always go to the best places. Looks like you all had a great time.
i didnt know this was a thing! but now i wanna go there
Now this is one museum I would love to visit! Such a fun and cute looking museum 🙂
Oh wow! I’m not sure I could ever leave that place. it is absolutely the funniest place I’ve ever seen.
Wow, this place looks incredible. There’s so much to do and see there! Looks like a brilliant place to take the whole family
Okay I have to visit this museum! I’m gutted I didn’t know about this place when I visited New York before but I guess it’s another excuse to go back.
Although our boys LOVE pizza, this museum is something I’d like to go with the girlfriends just to enjoy a night out. Very interesting information in this piece.
What a fun experience. I didn’t even know that there was a museum of pizza! This place looks great. Can’t wait to check it out.
I am not a big fan of pizza. But “Museum of pizza” sounds interesting , such a good place for family trip. Thanks for sharing!
This looks like so much fun to visit! I really love the pizza box display!
weird yet very interesting