The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Fifth Avenue (MET)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects; it is a place where art comes alive through exhibitions and events, revealing unexpected connections across time and cultures.
Visitor Informations
📍 New York, USA
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028 – USA ↗
🌐 Official Site
ℹ️ Information
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🕘 Opening Hours
10 am ~ 5 pm
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Must-see Artworks
The Met Fifth Avenue houses a vast collection of European masterpieces, from Vincent van Gogh to Johannes Vermeer. A key highlight is Vermeer’s Study of a Young Woman (1660s), widely considered a variant of his legendary Girl with a Pearl Earring due to their similar composition and tone.
Don’t miss Francisco Goya’s Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga, famously known as "Goya's Red Boy." Painted between 1787 and 1788, this striking portrait of a young boy surrounded by cats and birds is celebrated as one of the most successful depictions of childhood in art history.
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Vincent van Gogh
Produced during his Parisian sojourn, Van Gogh became his own sitter to hone his skills as a figure painter due to a lack of funds for models. The work reflects his engagement with Neo-Impressionist color theory and is painted on the reverse of an earlier peasant study.
Location📍 The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825
Johannes Vermeer
This work is a "tronie," a portrayal of an intriguing individual in exotic or imaginary costume rather than a commissioned portrait. Often compared to Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring due to their similar size and subject, the painting highlights the artist's power of invention through motifs like the blue silk draped over the model's shoulder and the soft, illuminating light.
Location📍 The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 614
Vincent van Gogh
Regarded by Van Gogh as one of his "best" summer landscapes, this work is his initial study from nature of a composition he later repeated in studio variants. Painted in Saint-Rémy, it features exuberant, thick impasto with vigorous brushstrokes that vary by texture—from curving strokes in the white clouds to flickering marks for the towering cypresses.
Location📍 The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 822
Edgar Degas
One of Degas's most ambitious dance-themed paintings, this work depicts about twenty-four women—ballerinas and their mothers—attending a class conducted by ballet master Jules Perrot. The scene is set in a rehearsal room of the old Paris Opéra, featuring a poster for Rossini’s Guillaume Tell on the wall, which pays tribute to the singer Jean-Baptiste Faure who commissioned the piece.
Location📍 The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 815
Historical Overview
The Met’s origins trace back to 1866 in Paris, where John Jay and a group of Americans envisioned a national art institution. Incorporated on April 13, 1870, the Museum first opened at 681 Fifth Avenue before moving to its current site on March 30, 1880. Following early acquisitions such as a Roman sarcophagus in 1870 and 174 European paintings in 1871, the collection expanded with the Cesnola Collection (1874–76) and works by Édouard Manet (1889). By the 20th century, The Met established itself as a global center, becoming the first public institution to acquire a work by Henri Matisse in 1910 and housing the largest collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo. Modern milestones include the Arts of Korea gallery (1998), the Greek and Roman Art renovation (2007), and the 2021 installation of a plaque honoring Lenapehoking.
Architecture
The Met Fifth Avenue debuted in 1880 with a Ruskinian Gothic structure by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, elements of which remain visible within the Robert Lehman Wing. In 1902, the iconic Beaux-Arts facade and Great Hall designed by Richard Morris Hunt opened to the public. A master architectural plan by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, approved in 1971 and completed in 1991, significantly expanded the footprint through a series of major wings. These additions include the Robert Lehman Wing (1975), The Sackler Wing (1978), The American Wing (1980), The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (1982), the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing (1987), and the Henry R. Kravis Wing (1991), creating the comprehensive two-million-square-foot complex seen today.
- Architectural Significance: Yes
- Museum Founded: 1870
When to Visit
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General Hours
10 am ~ 5 pm
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Late Nights
10 am ~ 9 pm
Friday, Saturday
Closed
Wednesday
Holidays: 1/1, 12/25, Thanksgiving Day, The first Monday in May.
Admission
Admission Fee
- Permanent Collections: Paid Admission
- Temporary Exhibitions: Paid Admission
- Admission Policy: One ticket, same-day access to both Met locations.
- Check the official website for detailed rates ↗
⚠️ Admission varies by exhibition and visitor category. ⚠️ Rates and conditions are subject to change. Please visit the official website for current information.
⚠️ Online tickets recommended for fast track; walk-ins welcome.
Complimentary Admission
- Children (Under 12)
- Caregiver of a visitor with a disability (in-person only)
- Members and Patrons
Suggested Admission
Pay-What-You-Wish Admission (minimum $0.01 per ticket)
- New York State residents and New York, New Jersey, Connecticut students.
- To purchase pay-what-you-wish tickets online, you must have a New York State billing address. (Valid ID and documentation required)
- New Jersey and Connecticut students can only purchase pay-what-you-wish tickets in person by presenting a valid student ID.
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