Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, United States.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a large art museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, housing over two million works from all eras and continents across 19 curatorial departments. The exhibition space covers more than 2 million square feet (about 186,000 square meters) and includes wings dedicated to European paintings, Egyptian antiquities, Greek sculpture, Asian art, and American decorative arts.
A group of businessmen, artists, and philanthropists founded the museum in 1870 to make a major art collection accessible to American citizens. The first rooms opened in February 1872 in a rented building before the current main structure beside Central Park took shape.
New Yorkers and art lovers from around the world often spend hours moving between galleries, returning regularly to revisit favorite works or catch rotating exhibitions. Many visitors use the spacious courtyards and staircases as meeting points or resting spots between gallery tours.
The museum opens daily except for two public holidays and allows visitors to return over three consecutive days, which can be helpful given the large exhibition area. A complete tour through all sections takes several hours, so planning ahead or focusing on a few departments makes sense for most people.
A complete Egyptian temple from 15 BCE stands in its own gallery with a glass wall and reflecting pool that recreates its original setting beside the Nile. The temple was given to the United States as a gift after being saved during the construction of the Aswan Dam.
Location: Manhattan
Inception: 1870
Founders: John Taylor Johnston
Architects: Richard Morris Hunt, Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould, McKim, Mead & White
Accessibility: Acessível para cadeira de rodas
Fee: Yes
Address: 5th Avenue
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00; Sexta-feira-Sábado 10:00-21:00; Quarta-feira off; maio Segunda-feira[1] off; novembro Quinta-feira[4] off; dezembro 25 off; janeiro 01 off
Phone: +1(212)5357710
Website: https://metmuseum.org
GPS coordinates: 40.77944,-73.96333
Latest update: December 14, 2025 21:47
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