When did the Museum of Modern Art establish its photography department?

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Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, designed by Sir James Stirling, featuring tan stone walls, a slanted green-framed glass window, and colorful blue and pink railings. — Museum of modern art The New State Gallery (Neue Staatsgalerie), Stuttgart, Germany, designed by James Stirling, completed in 1984.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) established its department of photography in 1940. The department was founded by Beaumont Newhall, who served as its first director and worked in close collaboration with photographer Ansel Adams to launch the initiative.1