Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Crayola or MoMA?
Crayola came first, in 1885 (founded). MoMA followed 44 years later, in 1929 (opened).
- First1885
Crayola
company · foundedCrayola began in 1885 as Binney & Smith, a maker of pigments; its first Crayola crayons came in 1903.
- Second1929
MoMA
museum · openedNew York's Museum of Modern Art opened in 1929, nine days after the Wall Street Crash.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.