Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum. It is sometimes called The Met. It is found on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City. It has a collection of more than two million works of art.

The main building is one of the world's largest art galleries, at about 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m²) in area.^[1] The Met is the most popular art museum in the United States with more than 5 million visitors each year. There is also a much smaller second location, the Cloisters. The Cloisters museum and gardens, which opened to the public in 1938, is a branch of the Museum. It is located in Inwood, in northern Manhattan. It has medieval art.^[2] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes its Main Building on Fifth Avenue and the Cloisters in northern Manhattan, dates back to 1866.

People are asked to donate to the museum upon admission. However, one can choose not to donate. The museum suggests a $25 donation per person.^[3]

1. ↑ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art at HumanitiesWeb". Humanitiesweb.org. 2012-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
2. ↑ "Works of Art: The Cloisters". Retrieved 2010-03-21.
3. ↑ "NYC art museum accused of duping visitors on admission fees". 25 March 2013. Associated Press/Fox News. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 26 March 2013.