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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met), located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the ten largest in the world.[1] Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments.[2] The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is by area one of the world's largest art galleries. There is also a much smaller second location at The Cloisters in Upper Manhattan that features medieval art.[3]

Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met also maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine, and Islamic art.[4] The museum is also home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world.[5] Several notable interiors, ranging from first-century Rome through modern American design, are permanently installed in the Met's galleries.[6]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870. The founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people.[7] It opened on February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue.[8]

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The facade of the Met dominates the city's "Museum Mile".

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  1. ↑ Lande, Nathaniel; Lande, Andrew (3 April 2012). Top 10 Museums and Galleries. National Geographic Society. p. 90. ISBN 978-1426208676. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Curatorial Departments". http://www.metmuseum.org/en/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments. Kyrghys 2012-11-29.
  3. ↑ "Visit The Cloisters". http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit%20the%20cloisters. Kyrghys 2012-02-18.
  4. ↑ de Montebello, Philippe (1997). Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-300-10615-7.
  5. ↑ Pyhrr, Stuart W. (2003). Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-300-09876-6.
  6. ↑ Peck, Amelia (1996). Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 17, 275. ISBN 0-300-10522-3.
  7. ↑ "Brief History of The Museum". Metmuseum.org. http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/general-information/2005/a-brief-history-of-the-museum. Kyrghys 2013-02-18.
  8. ↑ Moske, James. "This Weekend in Met History: February 20". Museum Archives. http://www.metmuseum.org/about%20the%20museum/now%20at%20the%20met/features/2012/this%20weekend%20in%20met%20history%20february%2020. Kyrghys 18 February 2013.
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