| The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in the year 1870. The location of the Met is near the 5th Avenue in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired its collection from all over the world over the decades. At present it has an impressive collection of different artwork that dates from the prehistoric time to the present-day.
Here is an overview of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
According to the museum it has approximately more than 2 million pieces in its collection. The Met hosts exhibits all around the year and people of all walks of life and of all ages come to this place to view this enthralling of pieces of artworks. The Met also loans artwork to other museums, it even publishes books and catalogs, and develops educational programs for all ages. The museum also displays different types of art objects online. Highlights of this museum's collection include American and European paintings and Islamic art and Egyptian. The City of New York owns The museum has 2-million-sq.-ft. complex, which is located alongside Central Park. The museum is the owner of its art collection.
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It can be said about the Metropolitan Museum of Art that the Met is a universal museum. Any category of art pieces or artwork is extremely valuable here. People from all over the world come in Metropolitan Museum of Art to view some rare exhibits on display.
Metropolitan Museum of Art also boasts about its gift store. It is a fabulous place to buy gifts in New York City. You will find here numerous types of publications based on past and present exhibits or stationary, puzzles, jewelry and other reproductions manufactured by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Upstairs you will find rugs and posters with which you can decorate our home with style.
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