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
The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini
This exhibition will bring together approximately 160 works by artists including Donatello, Filippo Lippi, Giovanni Bellini.
The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini21st December 2011 - 18th March 2012 (Add to calendar)
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)
Perhaps the greatest figure painter and landscapist of China's modern period, Fu Baoshi successfully integrated Western and traditional art.
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)21st January 2012 - 15th April 2012 (Add to calendar)
Rembrandt and Degas Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Although it is well known that Edgar Degas was inspired by Rembrandt, whose etchings he saw when he was in Rome as a young artist studying.
Rembrandt and Degas Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man23rd February 2012 - 20th May 2012 (Add to calendar)
The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael's wife Sarah were important patrons of modern art in Paris during the first decades of 20th
The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde28th February 2012 - 3rd June 2012 (Add to calendar)
The Dawn of Egyptian Art
During the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods (ca. 4000-2650 B.C.), people living in the Nile Valley began recording their beliefs through art.
The Dawn of Egyptian Art10th April 2012 - 15th August 2012 (Add to calendar)
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.
View of Toledo
View of Toledo, 1595-1560, was painted by El Greco and is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York , 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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