Big NY, Big Stuff: Metropolitan, World Biggest Museum

#newyorktrip The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest in New York and one of the largest museums in the world. More than 6 million people visit it every year. Founded in 1870 from three private collections of paintings, the museum has over time turned into a real treasure trove of world art. The area of the Metropolitan Museum is more than 18 hectares. It houses about 3 million exhibits — from the most ancient artifacts to modern ones brought from different countries and continents. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has 17 thematic departments, divided by continents and periods of history. The ancient Roman and ancient Greek departments, ancient Egyptian, African, Chinese and Japanese, European and separately medieval and many others — this is an incomplete list of those expositions that can be visited. In addition to the 17 permanent ones, there are almost a dozen temporary expositions that periodically replace each other. It is necessary to allocate at least one full day to visit the museum, although it will not be possible to get around all its halls in a week. There are several cafes and canteens on the territory of the complex, where you can have a snack and relax between excursions. There is also a gift shop on the territory of the building, which offers a wide selection of commemorative books, booklets and souvenirs. The Metropolitan Museum has been collecting and exhibiting works by contemporary artists since its founding in 1870. Today, the funds of this department of the museum number more than 12,000 works of modern art, the age of which is no more than 100 years. Among the main exhibits of the section are iconic works by members of the Paris School, such as Balthus, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso. Since its creation in 1870, the museum has kept important examples of American art.