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The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Become a met member and enjoy an enhanced experience with unlimited free admission, special access to exhibitions, and invitations to members-only events. The met collection travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art.

The museum lives in two iconic sites in new york city— the met fifth avenue and the met cloisters. Millions of people also take part in the met experience online. Since its founding in 1870, the met.

Divine egypt—a conversation with filmmaker sherief elkatsha january 15 6:00 pm the met fifth avenue Curatorial curatorial departments study, exhibit, and care for over two million objects in the met collection. On march 18, 2016, the metropolitan museum of art opened the met breuer, a space dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

A membership at the met makes the perfect gift for all occasions! Located just off the main hall of the met cloisters, the met store presents unique gifts, jewelry, home decor, and more inspired by the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval europe.