MoMA acquires The Persistence of Memory as a public New York collection object
In 1934 the Museum of Modern Art acquired The Persistence of Memory. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In 1934 the Museum of Modern Art acquired The Persistence of Memory.
Context
A museum can crown a brand and can teach. Split commercial licensing.
Salvador Dalí’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
MoMA’s 1934 acquisition made the 1931 oil a public teaching object. Dalí painted; the museum hung. Complex later access.
Why it matters
A permanent modern-art hanging increased copyable visual education.
A New York wall is not Figueres 1974.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Salvador Dalí
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.2 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactMoMA acquires The Persistence of Memory as a public New York collection object
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1934 · verified
A permanent modern-art hanging increased copyable visual education.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.MoMA — Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of MemoryMuseum of Modern Art · High credibility · verified
- 2.MoMA — Salvador Dalí artist pageMuseum of Modern Art · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
MoMA’s object page and artist page independently present the 1934 public holding.
Established: MoMA public Persistence of Memory from 1934. Not established: that 1934 cancelled 1948 return.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSalvador Dalí
- contributed toFactMoMA acquires The Persistence of Memory as a public New York collection object
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). MoMA acquires The Persistence of Memory as a public New York collection object. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-moma-1934
https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-moma-1934
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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