Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum, in New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Met, is the largest museum of New York and one of the most prestigious in the world. The New York audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this temple of art, on the edge of Central Park, on the famous Museum Mile.

The temple of art of New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, nicknamed the Met, is the largest museum of New York and one of the most important in the world. Bordering Central Park, on Fifth Avenue, it displays behind its majestic neoclassical façade encyclopedic collections covering five thousand years of art history. There you admire masterpieces of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquity, of European painting, of Asian, African, American and modern art. With its hundreds of rooms and its millions of works, the Met is a journey through all civilisations and one of the temples of world culture.

What to see

You admire masterpieces covering five thousand years of art, from Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquity to European painting and modern art, behind a majestic neoclassical façade. The Met is the largest museum of New York. It is a major stop for art lovers, on the edge of Central Park.

Practical information

The Metropolitan Museum lies on Fifth Avenue, on the edge of Central Park, in New York, reachable on foot and by public transport. The visit has a fee and follows its own hours, which vary. It is best to check the arrangements before coming and to plan time, as the collections are vast.

What is the Metropolitan Museum of New York?

The largest museum of the city, the Met, with encyclopedic collections covering five thousand years of art, from antiquity to modern art, on the edge of Central Park.

Where is the Metropolitan Museum?

On Fifth Avenue, on the edge of Central Park, in New York, in the United States.