Metropolitan MuseumArt

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The Metropolitan MuseumArtan enormous art museum, often referredsimply as "the Met", located oneastern edgeCentral ParkManhattan, New York. It also comprisesbuilding complex known as "The Cloisters"Fort Tyron Park atnorth endManhattan Island overlookingHudson River which features medieval art.

Its massive collection includes hundredsEuropean masters as well as an extensive collectionAmerican art. The museum also contains recreationsnotable interiors by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and, somewhat incongruously,collectionantique weaponsarmor.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumWhitney MuseumAmerican Artnearmuseum's main building.

The Metropolitan MuseumArt opened on February 20, 1872.

External link

• Metropolitan MuseumArt: official site

• Metropolitan MuseumArt: Pictures (fromFrench-language art site)