History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday June 4, 2003
A reader writes: How can I find out about the history of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art? There isn’t anything of their website. Any ideas? Thanks.
With a little digging on the Metropolitan Museum of Art web site, I came across this page A Brief History Of The Museum. Enjoy!
With a little digging on the Metropolitan Museum of Art web site, I came across this page A Brief History Of The Museum. Enjoy!
thanks having trouble finding hitory of museum as well
thank you for the information. You saved me from failing reading! I couldn’t find any info on the metro. museum
Check this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art#History
Contents
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* 1 Overview
* 2 History
* 3 Collections
o 3.1 American decorative arts
o 3.2 American paintings and sculpture
o 3.3 Ancient Near Eastern art
o 3.4 Arms and armor
o 3.5 Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
o 3.6 Asian art
o 3.7 The Costume Institute
o 3.8 Drawings and prints
o 3.9 Egyptian art
o 3.10 European paintings
o 3.11 European sculpture and decorative arts
o 3.12 Greek and Roman art
o 3.13 Islamic art
o 3.14 Robert Lehman Collection
o 3.15 Libraries
o 3.16 Medieval art
+ 3.16.1 Main building
+ 3.16.2 The Cloisters
o 3.17 Modern art
o 3.18 Musical instruments
o 3.19 Photographs
o 3.20 Roof Garden
o 3.21 Special exhibitions
* 4 Acquisitions and deaccessioning
* 5 In popular culture
* 6 Gallery of paintings
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links