The Met

Museo interactivo en New York, United States

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 4h

Acceso y tarifas

• adults ticket (tarifa: $30)
• children (12 and under) (tarifa: gratis)
• closed thanksgiving, december 25, january 1 and the first monday in may.
• new york residents & tri-state students: pay-what-you-wish.
• seniors (65+) (tarifa: $22)
• students (tarifa: $17)
• visitors with a disability - (includes free admission for one care partner) (tarifa: $22)

Qué hacer

• explore musical instruments (tipo: encyclopedic collection)
• explore period rooms (range: 1st-century Rome to modern American design)
• explore rockefeller wing (superficie: 40,000 sq ft · works: 11,000+)
• view ancient near eastern art (collection size: 7,000+ pieces)
• view european old masters (media: paintings, sculptures, graphic works)
• view weapons and armor (scope: worldwide, antique)

Servicios

• six conservation departments (plus: Department of Scientific Research)

Características

• ~2 million sq ft building (first section built: 1880)
• 1.5 million works (departments: 17 curatorial)
• founded 1870 (founders: philanthropists, artists, businesspeople)
• fourth-largest museum by area (rank: 4th globally, 1st in Americas)
• largest art museum, americas (rank: 4th largest by floor area globally)
• neue galerie merger planned (year: 2028 · focus: early 20th-c Austrian & German art)
• the cloisters, second site (focus: medieval European art · ubicación: Fort Tryon Park, Upper Manhattan)
• third location planned 2028 (site: Neue Galerie New York · collection: early 20th-c Austrian/German art)

Cerca de aquí

• central park (side: western edge of museum)
• central park, east edge (street: Museum Mile, Fifth Avenue)
• the cloisters (focus: medieval European art · ubicación: Fort Tryon Park, Upper Manhattan)
• the cloisters, fort tryon park (focus: medieval European art)

Datos útiles

• 5.7 million annual visitors (year: fiscal 2025 · rank US: most-visited museum)
• for a first visit, pick 3–5 sections, rather than attempting the entire museum. a very satisfying first-time combination would be: temple of dendur → egyptian art → greek & roman art → european paintings → american wing.
• founded 1870 (founders: philanthropists, artists, businessmen)
• if the cantor roof garden is open during your visit, go up. it provides an unusual combination of art, central park and manhattan skyline views; the rooftop is seasonal.
• most-visited us museum (visitors fy2025: 5,727,258)
• second location planned 2028 (site: Neue Galerie New York · collection: early 20th-century Austrian and German art)

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