Explaining the reasoning behind the museum's establishment, co-founder Jerry Reilly said in 1995: "While every city in the world has at least one museum dedicated to the best of art, MOBA is the only museum dedicated to collecting and exhibiting the worst."
1995年，博物馆的联合创始人杰瑞·赖利在解释博物馆的创立初衷时说道：“世界上每个城市都至少会有一家博物馆来展示艺术的精华，而MOBA则是唯一一家致力于收集并展示糟糕艺术的博物馆”。