| When making plans to visit New York City, whether | | | | Egyptian art that can be found outside of Cairo and |
| for a family vacation or for a business trip, it is | | | | the Islamic art collection is also widely considered to |
| difficult not to run across plenty of information and | | | | be one of the finest in the world. Other major gallery |
| promotions about the Metropolitan Museum of Art. | | | | exhibitions found within the walls of the Met include |
| This world-class museum is one of the largest | | | | arms and armor, costumes, Asian art, European |
| anywhere, as well as being one of the best known, | | | | decorative arts and sculpture, medieval art, |
| and it is where some of the most wonderful | | | | Renaissance art, modern art, photography, drawings, |
| collections of fine art anywhere in the world are | | | | prints, musical instruments, and other assorted |
| housed. | | | | antiquities from the ancient cultures of the world. |
| The collections that are housed in this New York | | | | Each year, there are more than 30 special gallery |
| museum are comprised of more than two million | | | | exhibitions hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of |
| works of amazing art. This stunning supply of art | | | | Art. These special art exhibitions are representative |
| treasures spans more than 5,000 years of world | | | | of a wide and varied range of artists, cultures and |
| history and culture that comes from every corner | | | | time periods, from ancient to modern. In addition, the |
| the globe. The "Met," as it is popularly called, | | | | museum also actively strives to serve the people of |
| especially by locals, was founded in 1870 and it is | | | | New York City, the US, and those around the world |
| located along the eastern edge of New York City's | | | | by offering a wide array of educational art history |
| Central Park, situated on Fifth Avenue. Each year it | | | | training programs, internships, fellowships and |
| receives millions of visitors. | | | | programs to loan out many of the works of art that |
| The expansive Metropolitan Museum of Art | | | | the museum owns. |
| encompasses more than two million square feet of | | | | The educational programs offered by the Met are |
| area and it also features an extensive portfolio of art | | | | attended annually by over 300,000 museum visitors, |
| holdings that includes vast collections of artifacts and | | | | teachers and students that range from the grade |
| artistry from around the world. Each collection | | | | school age to university level. On top of that, the |
| individually could be ranked among the most notable | | | | institution loans more than 5,000 works of art each |
| in the world in its particular category of art. | | | | year to other museums and cultural facilities around |
| For example, the American Wing of the Met contains | | | | the world. |
| the world's most exhaustive collection of American | | | | Many people from numerous walks of life and parts |
| paintings, sculptures and decorative works of arts. At | | | | of the world have declared that the Metropolitan |
| the same time, the Met also has over 2,500 | | | | Museum of Art should be regarded as a national |
| European paintings in its art exhibitions. These | | | | treasure. It is also recognized as a strong and vibrant |
| European masterpieces in the art gallery range, from | | | | influence that helps promote a greater understanding |
| renowned artists such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh, | | | | of art history. In addition, the Met is also |
| Manet, Renoir, and many others, in total comprise a | | | | spearheading an initiative to reach out to a greater |
| vast and varied collection of Impressionist and | | | | diversity of audiences and to expand the reach of |
| Post-Impressionist works. | | | | the museum even further by bringing new |
| The Met is also home to the greatest collection of | | | | innovations to its website as well. |