The Metropolitan Museum's collection contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. About 6,500 objects—highlights from each of the Museum's curatorial departments as well as the entire Department of European Paintings and the entire Department of American Paintings and Sculpture—can be accessed online.
Highlights Include: American Wing - Historical paintings and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century.
Egyptian Art Collection - It ranks among the finest outside Cairo and includes 36,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance. Be sure to see the Temple of Dendur presented to the United States as a gift from the Egyptian government.
European Painting - Major canvases, panels and frescoes by Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French, Spanish, and British masters, from the 12th through the 19th century.
Hours: Friday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday Closed** Tuesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Wednesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Closed Mondays (except as listed below), January 1, Thanksgiving Day, December 25 *Galleries are cleared at 5:15 p.m., Sunday–Thursday, and 8:45 p.m., Friday and Saturday
**The Main Building of the Metropolitan Museum—its galleries, public restaurants, and shops—will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following Met Holiday Mondays:
Columbus Day: October 8, 2007 Christmas Eve: December 24, 2007 New Year's Eve: December 31, 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 21, 2008 Presidents' Day: February 18, 2008 Memorial Day: May 26, 2008 Labor Day: September 1, 2008
Admission: Includes Museum galleries, all special exhibitions, guided tours, gallery talks, family programs, and same-day visit to The Cloisters
Suggested Adult $20 Senior (65 and older) $15 Student $10 Members Free Children (under 12 with adult) Free
Museum Members receive a discount of 10% online, at the Museum, through mail-order catalogues, and at all Met Store locations across America.
Directions: From East Side of Manhattan: Take the train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth Avenue; or take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street.
From West Side of Manhattan: Take the train to 86th Street, then the M86 crosstown bus across Central Park to Fifth Avenue.
From Penn Station: Take the M4 bus to 83rd Street and Madison Avenue.
Visitor Tips: Visit the Roof Garden from May to October for great views of Manhattan and the collection of 20th Century Sculpture.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
