Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue (from 80th to 84th Streets). Nearly five million people visit the Museum each year.
Opening information
Tuesday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m., Sunday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Closed Mondays.
Temporary exhibitions
Tutankhamun’s Funeral
The exhibition features jars, lids, bowls, floral collars, linen sheets, and bandages that were used at the pharaoh's mummification.
16th March 2010 - 6th September 2010
Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This landmark exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on works by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) in the Museum's collection.
27th April 2010 - 1st August 2010
American Woman
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity is the first Costume Institute exhibition.
5th May 2010 - 15th August 2010
An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo
Over the past twenty years, Julie and David Tobey have assembled one of the preeminent collections of Italian Old Master drawings in private hands.
12th May 2010 - 15th August 2010
Top exhibits
Madame X (Madame Gautreau)
Madame X (Madame Gautreau), 1884 was painted by John Singer Sargent and is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA.
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Contact information
- Website
- www.metmuseum.org
- Address
- 1000 Fifth Avenue
New York
10028-0198
United States - Phone
- 212-535-7710
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