Experience the Story of Food Like you’ve Never Before

Welcome to MOFAD a museum that tells the stories behind what we eat.

Sale Zay photo

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.

Timings:

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.

Timings:

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.

Timings:

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.

Timings:

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.

Inside view of refurbished Ebony Test Kitchen

MOFAD exists to preserve and elevate the stories of food that history forgot

We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.

MOFAD exists to preserve and elevate the stories of food that history forgot

We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.

Inside view of refurbished Ebony Test Kitchen

MOFAD exists to preserve and elevate the stories of food that history forgot

We celebrate forgotten flavors and the communities that keep them alive.

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

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

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

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

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

TikTok

©2025 MOFAD. All rights reserved.