Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
- Region
- North America
- Tier
- ESSENTIAL
- Collection focus
- Global art across 5,000 years; European paintings, American art, ancient art, Asian art, Islamic art, decorative arts, costume
About
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an encyclopedic museum in New York spanning roughly 5,000 years of global art, from ancient objects and European painting to American art, Islamic art, Asian art, decorative arts and fashion.
Why visit
Go for the scale, but navigate selectively: choose one or two departments, then let unexpected rooms pull you sideways.
At a glance
- Type
- Encyclopedic art museum
- Best for
- Old Masters, ancient art, American art, global decorative arts, fashion history
- Typical visit
- 2–4 hours
- Admission
- FREE
- Founded
- 1870
- Curatorial lead
- E. Carmen Ramos
- Works catalogued
- 10
Works in the collection
- Leonardo da VinciGinevra de' Benci [obverse] →c. 1474/1478Oil on panel
- Johannes VermeerWoman Holding a Balance →c. 1664Oil on canvas
- Giovanni Bellini and TitianThe Feast of the Gods →1514/1529Oil on canvas
- Rembrandt van RijnThe Mill →1645/1648Oil on canvas
- Edgar DegasLittle Dancer Aged Fourteen →1878–1881Pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base
- John Singleton CopleyWatson and the Shark →1778Oil on canvas
- Jacques-Louis DavidThe Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries →1812Oil on canvas
- Mary CassattThe Boating Party →1893/1894Oil on canvas
- Vincent van GoghSelf-Portrait →1889Oil on canvas
- Claude MonetThe Japanese Footbridge →1899Oil on canvas