Experience the Story of Food Like you’ve Never Before
Welcome to MOFAD — a museum that tells the stories behind what we eat.
Visit us at:
55 Water Street, located on the 2nd floor of the Empire Stores building - enter through Water Street or the courtyard in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Get directions.
Hours of Operation
Beginning December 6, 2025. Thursday - Sunday: 12PM - 6PM. Please check our programs calendar for evening programs and events
Upcoming exhibition:
Street Food City celebrates New York’s immigrant street vendors and the iconic dishes that define the city’s flavor.
Visit us at:
55 Water Street, located on the 2nd floor of the Empire Stores building - enter through Water Street or the courtyard in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Get directions.
Hours of Operation
Beginning December 6, 2025:
Thursday - Sunday: 12PM - 6PM
*Please check our programs calendar for evening programs and events
Upcoming exhibition:
Street Food City celebrates New York’s immigrant street vendors and the iconic dishes that define the city’s flavor.
Visit us at:
55 Water Street, located on the 2nd floor of the Empire Stores building - enter through Water Street or the courtyard in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Get directions.
Hours of Operation
Beginning December 6, 2025. Thursday - Sunday: 12PM - 6PM. Please check our programs calendar for evening programs and events
Upcoming exhibition:
Street Food City celebrates New York’s immigrant street vendors and the iconic dishes that define the city’s flavor.
Visit us at:
55 Water Street, located on the 2nd floor of the Empire Stores building - enter through Water Street or the courtyard in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Get directions.
Hours of Operation
Beginning December 6, 2025. Thursday - Sunday: 12PM - 6PM. Please check our programs calendar for evening programs and events
Upcoming exhibition:
Street Food City celebrates New York’s immigrant street vendors and the iconic dishes that define the city’s flavor.
Why ‘preserve’ food & drink culture? What’s MOFAD?
Most food museums focus on ingredients. We focus on stories
We explore the people, places, and traditions that shape what we eat and why it matters.
Most food museums focus on ingredients. We focus on stories
We explore the people, places, and traditions that shape what we eat and why it matters.
Most food museums focus on ingredients. We focus on stories
We explore the people, places, and traditions that shape what we eat and why it matters.
Most food museums focus on ingredients. We focus on stories
We explore the people, places, and traditions that shape what we eat and why it matters.
Migration, identity, power, and joy - told through meals across time and cultures
Discover how food travels, transforms, and connects communities across generations.
Migration, identity, power, and joy - told through meals across time and cultures
Discover how food travels, transforms, and connects communities across generations.
Migration, identity, power, and joy - told through meals across time and cultures
Discover how food travels, transforms, and connects communities across generations.
MOFAD preserves and elevates the stories of food that history forgot
We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.
MOFAD preserves and elevates the stories of food that history forgot
We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.
MOFAD preserves and elevates the stories of food that history forgot
We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.
OPENING DECEMBER 6TH
STREET FOOD CITY
Donate to MOFAD
Help us tell the stories behind what we eat. Your support fuels exhibitions, education, and research that explore the deep connections between food, culture, and identity.
500,000+
People Reached
25+
Exhibitions Created
250+
Events Programmed
500+
Local Schools Educated
We’re more than a museum
We’re more than
a museum
Make time for a bite
of culture
Tucked inside Brooklyn’s Empire Stores, MOFAD offers a compact but rich museum experience. In under an hour, you’ll explore stories, flavors, and artifacts that stay with you.
Visit us at:
55 Water Street, located on the 2nd floor of the Empire Stores building - enter through Water Street or the courtyard in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
HOURS:
Opening December 6, 2025
Thursday - Sunday: 12PM - 6PM
Support a museum that celebrates food’s forgotten stories
Become a member
As a member of the MOFAD family, you help support our mission of celebrating food science, history, and culture. In addition to receiving discounts, you will be the first to hear about new programs, exhibitions, and events.
Become a member
As a member of the MOFAD family, you help support our mission of celebrating food science, history, and culture. In addition to receiving discounts, you will be the first to hear about new programs, exhibitions, and events.
Become a member
As a member of the MOFAD family, you help support our mission of celebrating food science, history, and culture. In addition to receiving discounts, you will be the first to hear about new programs, exhibitions, and events.
Volunteer with us
As a small organization, we rely on the amazing efforts of our volunteer docents, program assistants, and interns to help produce our world-class exhibitions, programs, events, and workshops.
Volunteer with us
As a small organization, we rely on the amazing efforts of our volunteer docents, program assistants, and interns to help produce our world-class exhibitions, programs, events, and workshops.
Volunteer with us
As a small organization, we rely on the amazing efforts of our volunteer docents, program assistants, and interns to help produce our world-class exhibitions, programs, events, and workshops.
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MOFAD
Home
About
Contact Us
Visit
Plan your visit
Buy Tickets
Student Tours
Bloomberg Connects
What’s going on
Exhibitions
Programs
Get Involved
Work with us
Newsletter
Volunteer with us
Influencer Program
Membership
Donations
Membership
Social
YouTube
TikTok
©2025 MOFAD. All rights reserved.
Stay updated on food culture with us
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
MOFAD
Home
About
Contact Us
Visit
Plan your visit
Buy Tickets
Student Tours
Bloomberg Connects
What’s going on
Exhibitions
Programs
Get Involved
Work with us
Newsletter
Volunteer with us
Influencer Program
Membership
Donations
Membership
Social
YouTube
TikTok
©2025 MOFAD. All rights reserved.