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Metropolitan Museum of Art Description

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (or "The Met") was founded in 1870. The central part of this beaux-art building was commissioned in 1894 from the renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt to replace an 1874 Victorian Gothic building.

The permanent collection at the Met contains over 2 million works of art. Highlights of the collection include American decorative arts, arms and armor, costumes, Egyptian art, musical instruments and photographs.

Hobbies & Activities category: Major world-scale museum; Paintings, art collections; Architecture - Neo-Classical; Photo collection, exhibit; National Register of Buildings

Metropolitan Museum of Art Highlights

MET - Africa, Oceania & Americas Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Africa, Oceania & Americas Collection is housed in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, built by Nelson Rockefeller in 1982. The wing showcases more than 2,000 objects

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MET - American Art

The MET's American Art collection is housed in the American Wing and spans works from the fifteenth century to the present. Among the paintings are those by Edward Hopper, Frank Stella and Jackson

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MET - Ancient Egypt

The MET's Ancient Egyptian wing displays artifacts dating back to the prehistoric age. The wing's thousands of archeological finds include sculptures of Queen Hatshepsut and the massive Temple of Dendur.

MET - Ancient Near Eastern & Islamic Art

The MET's collection of Ancient Near Eastern & Islamic Art spans 7,000 years. The entrance of this wing is guarded by human-headed winged lions from a ninth-century B.C. Assyrian Palace. Inside are

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MET - Armor Collection

The MET's Armor collection is filled with suits of armor, rapiers, sabers (decorated with Precious stones and gold), sixteenth-century firearms, shields, heraldic banners and other artifacts that hearken back to the age of knights and chivalry.

MET - Asian Art

The MET's collection of Asian art dates back to the second millennium BC and is drawn from countries as diverse as China, Japan, Korea, India and others. Highlights include Sung and Yuan paintings,

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MET - Contemporary Art

The MET's collection of contemporary art is housed in the Lila Acheson Wallace wing. European painters such as Picasso and Kandinsky are represented, but the American component is stronger--O'Keefe

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MET - Costume Institute

The MET's Costume Institute consists of 45,000 pieces dating back to the seventeenth-century to the present. Works by Elsa Schiaparelli, Worth, Quant and Balenciaga are highlights. Folk costumes

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MET - Drawings, Prints & Photographs

The recent MET collection of drawings, prints & photographs is comprehensive. There are 4,000 drawings alone, including those by da Vinci, Goya, Seurat and Michelangelo. The print collection of 12

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MET - European Art

The heart of the MET is its European art collection which embraces sculpture and the decorative arts. Highlights include over a dozen Rembrandts, several Vermeers, Rubens and Van Dycks; 30 Monets,

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MET - Greek and Roman Art

The MET's Greek and Roman galleries house everything from a roman sarcophagus, wall panels from Vesuvius in AD 79, and a seventh-century BC statue. These galleries date back to the opening of the MET.

MET - Lehman Collection

The Lehman Collection belonged to investment banker, Robert Lehman before he gave it to the MET in 1971. Housed in a memorable glass pyramid, the eclectic collection gathers French paintings,

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MET - Medieval Art

The MET's Medieval art collection includes work dating back to the fourth century. Highlights include sculptures of the Virgin and Child, a 1301 pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, liturgical vessels,

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Musical Instruments Collection

The MET's musical instruments collection features the world's oldest piano, a Stradivarius violin (1691), Segovia's guitars, Asian lutes, and African drums.

Address

Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198
United States

Map Metropolitan Museum of Art

Phone 1 (212) 535-7710

http://www.metmuseum.org

Hours



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