1000 5th Ave., New York, NY (@ 82nd St.)
212.535.7710
www.metmuseum.org
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met) is grandiose in every sense of the word. The main building is located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along Manhattan’s Museum Mile, spans almost quarter of a mile long and occupies more than 2,000,000 square feet. Head indoors and see a permanent collection that contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. That or a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit like the drawings (not paintings) of Van Gogh, a conceptual art show by John Baldessari or the Romantic Sublime of Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty. From 6 – 8pm on Friday and Saturday nights, you can also enjoy a classical string quartet above the Great Hall. The atmosphere is magical and it doesn’t get more quintessentially New York. During the summer, make sure to check out the martini bar (and stars) on the Roof Garden Café.
Photo credit: A. Starkey
WHAT THE LOCALS ARE SAYING
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SETH WEISSER, CO-FOUNDER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
“The Met is always an exploration. So many different worlds they can deliver. The McQueen exhibit was priceless. ”
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ERIK MADIGAN HECK, PHOTOGRAPHER, FILMMAKER, ART DIRECTOR
“The Metropolitan Opera piece is kind of my magnum opus to date, it represents everything I love about photography, color, depth, light, and romance- and assumes to challenge the idea of what a photograph is suppose to look like.”
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ANDREWANDREW, EVERYTHING EXCEPT ARTIST
“You can literally go there every day for a year and see something new every time.”
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ARIEL STARK-BENZ, MAN ABOUT TOWN
“Limitless and unparalleled!”
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LIZ VAP, DIRECTOR / FOUNDER - FERALCAT PRODUCTIONS
“The Met is one of my favorite museums. I wanted to live there when I was little after seeing a kids film called "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" staring Ingrid Bergman. If you see it, you'll want to live there too. ”
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HEIDI MOUNT, MODEL
“It's so classic, you can spend forever there and still find something new.”
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Tue-Thu and Sun, 9:30am-5:15pm
Fri-Sat, 9:30am-8:45pm
Closed Mondays
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4, 5, 6
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