2. Information
Visit the Met...see the world! With over two million works of art spanning 5,000
years of culture at NYC's most-visited attraction, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
presents the best of human creativity from across the globe—world-famous
collections on view ranging from ancient Egyptian treasures to the spectacular New
American Wing, plus more than 30 annual special exhibitions, all free with your
admission. Enjoy drinks and the Roof Garden’s spectacular skyline views (May–
October). Or, experience Friday and Saturday evenings at the Met, open until 9 p.m.
with live music in the Balcony Bar.
3. American wing
Ever since its establishment in 1870 the Museum has acquired important
examples of American Art. A separate "American Wing" building to display
the domestic arts of the seventeenth–early nineteenth centuries opened in
1924; paintings galleries and an enclosed sculpture court were added in
1980.
4. Asian ArtThe Florence and Herbert Irving Asian Wing,
occupying 64,500 square feet, is devoted to
Asian art, featuring paintings, prints,
calligraphy, sculptures, metalwork, ceramics,
lacquers, works of decorative art, and textiles
from East Asia, South Asia, the Himalayan
kingdoms, and Southeast Asia. The galleries
are arranged geographically and
chronologically; an exploration of the works
on view yields both an appreciation of the art
of Asia's many cultures and an understanding
of the ties between these traditions. Certain
gallery installations, such as those of Chinese,
Korean, Japanese, Indian, and Tibetan
paintings, rotate every six months, and
displays of more fragile textiles, lacquers, and
woodblock prints change approximately every
four months.
5. Egyptian Art
• The Museum's collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of
approximately twenty-six thousand objects of artistic, historical, and
cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period
(ca. 300,000 B.C.–A.D. 4th century). Virtually the entire collection is on
display in the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art, with
objects arranged chronologically over thirty-nine rooms.
6. European Paintings
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• The Metropolitan's world-famous collection
of European paintings covers the period
from ca. 1230 to 1900, offering a survey of
the history of painting in Italy, France,
Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and
Britain. It is divided into two suites of
galleries: one devoted to the Old Masters and
the other to the nineteenth century.
7. See what its all about!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVtI33-e6N0
