The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, also known as ‘the Met,’ is one of the world’s largest art museums with an exceptional collection of more than two million works spanning 17 curatorial departments. Located on Museum Mile on the edge of Central Park, the museum features a main building with one of the biggest gallery spaces in the world, and a second smaller location known as the Met Cloisters at Fort Tyron Park in Upper Manhattan that focuses on art and artifacts from Medieval Europe. The museum also recently opened the Met Breuer on Madison Avenue, which extends the museum's modern and contemporary art program. The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York’s permanent collection includes painting, drawings, and sculptures by European masters, art from ancient Egypt, an extensive collection of Modern American art, an encyclopedic collection of costumes, and musical instruments, and impressive holdings of Asian, African, Byzantine, Islamic, and Oceanic art.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, Phone: 212-535-7710

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