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Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Visitors Guide

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Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Location:

The Tree is located inside the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Closest Subways to Annual Christmas Tree & Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Met:

Take the 4, 5, or 6 trains to 86th Street.

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Dates: 2011:

  • Tree Goes Up: November 22, 2010
  • Tree Comes Down: January 8, 2012

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Hours:

The Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche is on view whenever the museum is open.

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Website:

About the Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche:

For more than 40 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has displayed more than two hundred 18th-century Neapolitan crèche figures collected by Loretta Hines Howard and gifted to the museum with a Christmas Tree. The 20-foot-tall blue spruce is decorated with lights, cherubs and features 50 angels among its branches. Each year, there are new angels and crèche figures added to the collection and display.

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