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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States
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About Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located in New York City. It was founded in April of 1870. You can easily arrive at the museum by taking Subway number 4,5,6,6 at 86th street and 6, 6 at 77th street while if you prefer a bus ride then M1. M2, M3, M4, M79, M86, SBS are available to take you to the museum. It could be visited from Thursday to Monday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. It remains closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Metropolitan Museum of Art
- It is one of the largest art galleries in the world consisting of 1000 Fifth Avenue and the Museum Mile which is located in Central Park.
- The museum is in a ninth-place among the most-visited art museum throughout the world.
- It has a collection of over two million art pieces having Asian, Oceanian, African, Byzantine, and Islamic art.
- There was a metal button that was to be attached to the shirts of the visitors for entry into the museum after taking tickets. But after 2013, due to the increase in the prices of metal, they changed the hundred year's long tradition and started giving stickers as an entry ticket.
- If you visited the museum, you have surely seen the flower work of Remco van Vliet who makes flower arrangements each week for the museum. Vliet's father was a supplier of flowers for the Royal family.
- You can see the oldest surviving piano all over the globe. Besides that, the museum also owns approximately 5000 musical instruments.
- Armor and Weaponry in the display also attract the attention of the visitors. It includes the armor of Henry VIII which he wore in his last military campaign.
- You can also dress like a historic person who most liked at the museum. The museum has a collection of over 33,000 historic, contemporary, and culturally important articles of clothing and accessories belonging to seven centuries and five continents.
- It has models of popular places like an ancient Egyptian temple, a villa bedroom which was a victim of Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD, and many other things that make the traveler feel like they are visiting these places.
- The museum has been mentioned in various children's books and was used as a filming location of the movies like Harry Met Sally, The Thomas Crown Affairs, and Keeping the Faith.
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