The Metropolitan Museum of Art also known as The Met to most New Yorkers was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens. The Met is located on the eastern edge of Central Park, is considered as one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the world. The museum exhibits a collection of about three million objects gathered from almost all types of artistic medium spread over different culture and era.
The Met features amongst the top tourist attractions in New York City and a must visit place for the art connoisseur. Visitors get amazed by the vast collection of artifacts from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt. Portrayed in The Met are exclusive paintings and sculptures prepared by top European masters along with a wide-ranging collection of American and modern art. The Met also boasts of maintaining a vast collection of artifacts representing African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine, and Islamic art.
Once inside The Met, visitors are bound to spend weeks exploring its vast encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world. The numerous galleries at The Met displays a wide range of remarkable interiors, portraits, landscapes, history paintings, ritual objects and monuments, paintings, calligraphy, prints and much more. A visit to The Met is a must and promises to be a memorable experience of a lifetime. |
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