Metropolitan Museum of Art Photos

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) on Fifth Avenue in Central Park is the preeminent art museum in the United States. It has major collections covering the Renaissance, the Impressionists, decorative arts of a range of cultures,.

See also: Museums of New York City, Art Museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Native American Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Decorative Arts Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pre-Renaissance Painting Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art - 16th through 19th C Painting Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Impressionist & Modern Painting Collection
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Central Fifth Avenue facade (1895-1902) of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Architect: Richard Morris Hunt & Richard Howland Hunt. On National Register.

Southern facade of Metropolitan Museum of Art with wing (1906) by McKim, Mead & White plus glass addition (1975) by Roche, Dinkeloo & Assoc.

Grand staircase in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Courtyard in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Typical gallery in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gallery of old masters in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gallery of Impressionist art in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elaborate galleries of Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Funerary blue amulet of kneeling god with wings from Egypt early Ramesside period at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Collection

Gold beaker of figure with shell of Sicán (Lambayeque) culture, Peru (9th-11th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Native American Collection

German cup in shape of shoe (late 16th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Decorative Arts Collection

Abraham & son Isaac painting (c1408) by Lorenzo Monaco of Florence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pre-Renaissance Painting Collection

Portrait of Man with Gold-embroidered Cap painting (1532) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - 16th through 19th C Painting Collection

Irises (1890) by Vincent van Gogh at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Impressionist & Modern Painting Collection


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