The Museum of Modern Art was created in 1976 when Pierre and Denise Lévy, an industrial couple from Troyes and collectors, donated almost 2,000 works of art to the French state. Located in the former bishop's palace, the museum was inaugurated in 1982. The collections reflect the Lévy couple's love of modern art from the second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th. They illustrate a history of French art based on figuration on figuration and on the question of a modernity in line with the classical tradition. The main themes are realism (Courbet, Daumier), fauvism (Derain, Braque, Friesz), cubism (Gris, Metzinger), the First School of Paris (Soutine, Modigliani), the art of the inter-war years (Dufresne, La Fresnaye), singular personalities (Buffet, Balthus), the Second School of Paris (De Staël, Bissière), as well as works by the two major artists in the collection: the painter André Derain and the Trojan glassmaker Maurice Marinot, both close friends of the Lévys. In addition to paintings, drawings and sculptures, the museum also boasts a collection of African and Oceanic art, demonstrating the dialogue between these arts and Western artists in the 20th century.

A true collectors' museum, the collections, which now number almost 3,000 works, have been enriched by other major donations from collectors and artists, as well as by the Friends of the Museum Association, which regularly supports the institution's acquisitions.

The museum is a place of art where you can admire the collections both on the permanent tour and in the sculpture garden, which features modern and contemporary works.