Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000 at MoMA

Teaching materials commissioned by Maria Montessori. 1920s. Manufactured by Baroni e Marangon, Gonzaga, Italy (est. 1911). Collection of Maurizio Marzadori, BolognaMoMA is presenting the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and childhood. The exhibition brings together areas underrepresented in design history and often considered separately, including school architecture, clothing, playgrounds, toys and games, children’s hospitals and safety equipment, nurseries, furniture, and books.