The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly called the Met, is an art museum in New York City that was founded in 1870 by a group of businessmen, financiers, and artists who wanted to make art and arts learning available to the American public. The museum describes its aim as gathering, researching, preserving and displaying major artworks from every period and culture. Its collection covers more than 5,000 years of art from around the world and is organized into curatorial departments supported by conservation and scientific research units.

The museum runs two sites in Manhattan: The Met Fifth Avenue, at 1000 Fifth Avenue facing Central Park on the Upper East Side, and The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, which is devoted to the art, architecture and gardens of medieval Europe. Activities listed on its website include exhibitions, lectures, performances, free tours and learning programs, along with memberships and an online collection. One source describes the museum as a private non-profit institution. Its listed main phone number is for the Fifth Avenue location.

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