The Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art is the largest collection of postwar contemporary art in the United States, with more than 5,000 paintings, cameras, sculptures and new media works, and enjoys the same status and fame as well-known American museums such as MOMA in the museum community. The Museum of Modern Art, which was founded as an art institution at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, has been transformed from a local museum into a national museum by the hard work of all parties, which industry insiders call a miracle.