The first object of the museum was a Roman sarcophagus in 1870and then add a collection of 174 European paintingsincluding works by Anthony Van Dyck, Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Subsequently, in 1907 the museum acquired a work of Auguste Renoirand in 1910, the first work of art in a museum of Henri Matisse.
Currently, this museum houses 26,000 Egyptian art objects, 2,500 European paintings With Rafael's masterpieces, Cézanne, Tiziano, El Greco, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Picasso, Pollock and Braque; In addition to the Most complete collection of the world of American paintings, sculptures and decorative arts.
The headquarters of the Met Gala
Internationally, the Met is known for being the headquarters of the most important celebration of the fashion industry: the Met gala.
Considered as the Oscars of this industry, the event aims raise funds for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Art Museumwith a theater the issue every year and an exhibition that is shown during the month of September.
This event is distinguished by the red carpet in the emblematic stairs of the museum, in which different celebrities of the artistic medium and the fashion industry parade, who after visiting the exhibition, are part of a dinner and a dance in the mythical Dendur templeone of the greatest riches of MET.
How to visit the MET?
He Met It is located in the number 1000 of Fifth Avenue in New YorkUSA. You can visit Thursday to Monday from 10 am to 5 pmsince on Tuesday and Wednesday it remains closed.
He entrance cost It is 25 dollars for adults, 17 dollars for over 65 years, and the best 12 years enter free.