Inhabit a terrain of the fine arts like no other.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, reckoned one of the top museums in today’s world, offers a breathtaking experience of the arts in all its forms, shapes, and historical contexts.

Dreaming of surpassing the collections of counterpart European galleries, an artists' group in 1870 (backed by a number of philanthropists) founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply known as the Met. Situated along what is recognized as the Museum Mile on the Upper East Side, this museum stands among the largest and the most important in the world. It houses more than two million artworks, which are divided among the 19 curatorial departments (e.g. American Paintings and Sculpture, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Asian Art, Egyptian Art, Greek and Roman Art, Islamic Art, and Modern Art). Among the celebrated works/exhibits are from Vermeer, Van Gogh, Sisley and Renoir, along with the Byzantine Galleries and the Temple of Dendur. Also sponsoring major traveling shows all year round, the Met offers a feast of art gems from the prehistoric times to the contemporary. The year 2007 is another milestone for this National Historic Landmark as the new Roman Courtand Etruscan gallery enriches the already comprehensive art collections.

How to get there

By subway: 4, 5, & 6 to 86th St. By bus: M1, M2, M3, M4.

Opening days

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Opening hours

Tue-Thurs & Sun 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-9pm

Dreaming of surpassing the collections of counterpart European galleries, an artists' group in 1870 (backed by a number of philanthropists) founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply known as the Met. Situated along what is recognized as the Museum Mile on the Upper East Side, this museum stands among the largest and the most important in the world. It houses more than two million artworks, which are divided among the 19 curatorial departments (e.g. American Paintings and Sculpture, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Asian Art, Egyptian Art, Greek and Roman Art, Islamic Art, and Modern Art). Among the celebrated works/exhibits are from Vermeer, Van Gogh, Sisley and Renoir, along with the Byzantine Galleries and the Temple of Dendur. Also sponsoring major traveling shows all year round, the Met offers a feast of art gems from the prehistoric times to the contemporary. The year 2007 is another milestone for this National Historic Landmark as the new Roman Courtand Etruscan gallery enriches the already comprehensive art collections.

How to get there

By subway: 4, 5, & 6 to 86th St. By bus: M1, M2, M3, M4.

Opening days

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Opening hours

Tue-Thurs & Sun 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-9pm