The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the museum

The Met houses over two million works spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. Its Fifth Avenue flagship on Museum Mile is anchored by the iconic Great Hall and the Temple of Dendur.

Must-see highlights

• ◆Temple of Dendur
• ◆Washington Crossing the Delaware
• ◆European Paintings galleries
• ◆Arms and Armor
• ◆American Wing
• ◆The Costume Institute

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