5,000 Years Of Art in New York City - The Met

A group of Americans agreed to create a gallery of art and bring it to the American people. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was opened in 1870 and resided in a few different locations before the present home on 11.5 acres of New York’s Central Park in 1880. Richard Morris Hunt designed the classical Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade and the Great Hall.

In total, the museum boasts 36,000 objects, including 2,500 European Old Masters, Impressionist, and Pos-Impressionist paintings as well as the greatest collection of Egyptian art and artifacts outside Cairo. Over the years, The Met acquired many collections from private collectors as well as furniture and entire rooms.

If you cannot travel abroad, and have never been to the The Met, I hope this blog will inspire you to make a plan to visit for yourself.

Here is what caught my eye, I hope you enjoy!

The Vine by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

This is an architectural element from the Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall in Oyster Bay, NY. It served as the entrance to his mansion. There are three stained glass pieces, in the exhibit, as well and the three glass shades hanging in the arches.

Religious art collections

Lavish bedrooms on display

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Part of the Karl Lagerfeld exhibit - ‘A Line of Beaty

Rococo Revival Parlor from a house in Astoria, Queens ca. 1850

This mantlepiece, created by John La Farge, was originally from the entrance hall of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II residence on Fifth Avenue (at 57th. Street).

This room was acquired from a house built for the Richmond lawyer William Clayton Williams.

The room is from the townhouse of merchant and shipowner Henry Craig - Baltimore, Maryland

The Art Nouveau dining room designed by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer shortly before World War I.

Examples of Herter Brothers chairs

The Renaissance Revival Room comes from the Meriden, Connecticut mansion built for Jedediah and Henrietta Wilcox.

Young Ladies of the Village by Gustave Courbet

Tiffany lamps on display

Thomas Hart Benson’s America Today mural

Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens was originally a rotating weathervane for the tower of the original demolished Madison Square Garden.

Autumn Landscape by Louis Comfort Tiffany

There are just so many collections on display!

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Plaster work in one display

The Holy Family painted by Joos van Cleve possibly 1527-33.

A gallery of Madonna and Child art

French bed valances and side curtains

The Met has so many full rooms on display, here are some.

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When you finish viewing them, you will think you had visited a few European castles or palaces.

Reginald Marsh - The Bowery (1930)

Mr and Mrs Chester Dale Dine Out - Guy du Bois, 1924

Chimneypiece by Jean Le Pautre

More religious artifacts

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The Patio from the Castle of Velez Blanco

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer by Edgar Degas

Cabinet-vitrine designed by Gustave Sorrier-Bovy

Art Nouveau ceramic fireplace is attributed to Jean-Desire Muller, around 1900

Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova

Arms and Armor exhibit

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What you should know:

• The Met offers pay-what-you-wish admission to New York State residents.

• There are public restrooms available.

• There is a cafe and rooftop bar on-site.

• On the street parking, mostly metered and a pay parking garage nearby.

• There is a large amount of exhibits to see, so enjoy!

• People are friendly and informative.

• You could spend from a couple of hours to an entire day here, depending on your level of interest.

• Tickets can be bought on-line or in-person.

• Check website for days and hours of operation.

• The Met Cloisters uptown contains art, architecture and gardens of medieval Europe.

Location: 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

For more information: The Met