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Address: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, (at 82nd Street), New York City, NY 10028-0113
General Information: 212-535-7710
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York was founded in 1870. The Metropolitan Museum is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York. Being the world's largest and most important art museums it's collection contains more than two million works of art from across the globe. Calvert Vaux and J. W. Mould designed the building of Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
The museum is often referred to as The Met. The outstanding collections include European paintings and sculpture of Renaissance, baroque and modern periods. A building complex known as "The Cloisters" in Fort Tryon Park featuring medieval art is also a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The museum houses a stupendous collection of European paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance, Baroque and Modern periods. There is a wide range of collection's holdings. There is a diverse and rich collection of holdings. There are masterpieces from Egyptian, African, Oceanic, Islamic, Asian, Middle Eastern and Byzantine Art.
The Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum has the mastaba of Perneb. There's also a remarkable collection of armour here displayed at the Department of Arms and Armor displaying a collection of antique weapons and armor from Europe, Japan, United States and the Middle East.. This world-class museum also houses an encyclopedic collection of Musical Instruments from around the world.
As far as the American collection at the
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Metropolitan Museum of New York is concerned, it shows the development of painting, sculpture, furniture and the decorative arts . The colonial period presented here that of the 20th century.
The Met covers everything from pottery by George Ohr to paintings by Andy Warhol. There's a print collection, which includes woodcuts and engravings from 15th century. Etchings and lithographs are also a part of the collection.
The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute exhibits seven centuries and five continents of fashionable dress. It acts as a great source of reference for designers.
There are separate sections exhibiting American Decorative Arts, American Paintings and sculpture, drawings and Prints, Egyptian Art, European Paintings etc. Greek pottery and its Greek and Roman sculptures are amongst the finest collections of the world. The Met has a collection of more than 20,000 photographs. Alfred Stieglitz's first major collection of photographs is displayed here.
The Antonio Ratti Textile Centre displays tapestries, velvets, carpets, embroideries, laces, samplers, quilts etc from civilizations dating back to 3000 B.C.E. The main library of the Metropolitan Museum is the Thomas J. Watson Library which has a collection of books related to history of art, exhibition catalogues, auction sale publications etc.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York attracts about five million people a year. It is said about this museum that even if you visit this museum once a week, every visit will have something new for you to see. Its indeed a museum with a very rich collection.
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