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Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)

New York, NY 10028-0198

Opened: 30 March 1880

www.metmuseum.org

Massive museum in Central Park housing art in practically every medium from every period in human history and every corner of the globe.

Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould designed the initial Ruskinian Gothic structure which subsequently was surrounded by a complex of building additions. The better-known Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade and Great Hall were designed by Richard Morris Hunt and opened in 1902.

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View from the southeast
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View from the southeast
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Main entrance
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Main entrance
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Main entrance
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Main entrance
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Main entrance
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North wing
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North wing
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View from the northeast
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North side
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North side (Temple of Dendur)
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North side
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West side
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West side
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Southwest corner
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South side
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South side
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Group of Bears (Paul Manship)
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Tour group at the Temple of Dendur
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Temple of Dendur
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Drawing room
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Imperial Hotel urn (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1916)
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Christmas tree
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European art
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The Death of Socrates (Jacques Louis David, 1787)
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The Death of Socrates (Jacques Louis David, 1787)
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Fantastic Landscape (Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765
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Fantastic Landscape (Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765
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Portrait of a Young Man (Bronzino, 1530s)
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Portrait of a Young Man (Bronzino, 1530s)
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The Harvesters (Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565)
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The Harvesters (Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565)
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Guitar
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Horns
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Alto Saxophone (Adolphe Sax, 1855)

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