Metropolitan Museum

Manhattan art institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, usually called the Met, is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most visited in the world.

Located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, it houses collections spanning five thousand years of world culture.

We spent the whole day at the Metropolitan Museum and barely saw half of it.

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Fifth Avenue · sculpture · painting · guided tours · audio guide · statue · digital archives · Egyptian artifacts · Asian art · medieval armor · trustees · Central Park · ceramics · workshops · Impressionist paintings · calligraphy · preservation · ancient pottery

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