The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum in The Upper East Side area
The Metropolitan is a collection of museums, each deserving of many repeated visits. It is a vast storehouse of knowledge, where works of art are held for reference as well as for display; its collections are meant to be consulted as one chooses from a long menu. Indeed, the strength of the Met is that all under one roof it provides an almost infinite number of options for many rich and rewarding visits. These can take an infinite number of forms, from random wanderings to planned itineraries, from an in-depth study of a single gallery or exhibition to the exploration of several different cultures or periods. Every conceivable peregrination is possible because the Met is a universal museum: every category of art in every known medium from every part of the world is represented here and thus available for contemplation or study – and not in isolation but in comparison with other times, other cultures, and other media. Understood in this way, of course, the Met can never be too big, for once we acknowledge that it can be visited best only in sections, in small tastings, then, as with a long menu or a box of assorted chocolates, the more we have to choose from, the better.
Current or Upcoming Events
"Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44" Exhibition
Closes in 6 days"Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44" Exhibition
Closes in 6 days"Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting" Exhibition
Closes in 13 days"Pablo Bronstein at the Met" Exhibition
Closes in 34 days"The Drawings of Bronzino" Exhibition
Closes in 34 daysRomare Bearden "The Block"
Closes in 46 days"Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage" Exhibition
Closes in 55 days"Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection" Exhibition
Closes in 62 days"The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy" Exhibition
Closes in 69 days"Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection" Exhibition
Closes in 83 days"Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia" Exhibition
Closes in 90 daysXie Zhiliu "Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting (1910–1997)"
Closes in 132 days"Celebration: The Birthday in Chinese Art" Exhibition
Closes in 153 days
Permanent events
Reconstruction and Reinstallation of the Egyptian Art Galleries
Reopening of The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
"Classic/Fantastic: Selections from the Modern Design Collection" Exhibition
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Opening hours
From 9:30 to 17:30
fridays closing at 21:00, saturdays closing at 21:00
Closed on Mondays, Holidays
Note:Open on some holiday Mondays.
Fee
Suggested Donations: Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $10, Members and Children Free
Maps
Access
Corner of 82nd St. Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street
Address
1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
Phone: 212-570-3951 Fax: 212-472-2764
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Within Walking Distance
5 mins - Barbara Mathes Gallery:
Patrick Faigenbaum "People and Places" (Photography) closes in 88 days.6 mins - Acquavella Galleries:
James Rosenquist "The Hole in the Middle of Time and the Hole in the Wallpaper" (Painting, Installation) closes in 4 days.7 mins - Cultural Services of the Embassy of France:
"Marguerite Duras par Hélène Bamberger" Exhibition (Photography) closes in 3 days.7 mins - Neue Galerie:
Otto Dix Exhibition (Painting) closes in 168 days.8 mins - Soufer Gallery:
Group Show (Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics) closes in 6 days.8 mins - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery:
"Tehran - New York" Exhibition (Drawing, Sculpture) closes in 17 days.
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