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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York,
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.The Museum's two-million-square-foot building has vast holdings that represent a series of collections, each of which ranks in its category among the finest in the world. The Metropolitan Museum presents more than 30 exhibitions each year, representing a wide range of artists, eras, and cultures. In addition, more than 5,000 works of art are loaned each year by the Metropolitan Museum to other museums and cultural institutions throughout the United States and the world.
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue (from 80th to 84th Streets).
Anschrift
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, New York
10021
New York, New York
10021
Theme Park Info
Hours
Monday Closed**
Tuesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Closed: Mondays (except as listed below), January 1, Thanksgiving Day, December 25
*Galleries are cleared at 5:15 p.m., Sunday–Thursday, and 8:45 p.m., Friday and Saturday
**The Main Building of the Metropolitan Museum—its galleries, public restaurants, and shops—will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following Met Holiday Mondays:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 21, 2008
Presidents' Day: February 18, 2008
Memorial Day: May 26, 2008
Labor Day: September 1, 2008
By Subway/Bus
From The Cloisters: Take the M4 bus directly to 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
From East Side of Manhattan: Take the 6 train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth Avenue; or take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street.
From West Side of Manhattan: Take the 1 train to 86th Street, then the M86 crosstown bus across Central Park to Fifth Avenue.
From Penn Station: Take the M4 bus to 83rd Street and Madison Avenue.
The Museum parking garage, located at Fifth Avenue and 80th Street, is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To receive a discount, Museum visitors must have their tickets validated at the Uris Center Information Desk near the Museum entrance at 81st Street.
Luggage is not allowed into the Museum and cannot be checked in at the Museum's coat-check facilities. This includes small carry-ons and oversize backpacks. All standard-size backpacks, large bags, and packages 16" x 16" x 8" or larger must be checked in at the coat-check facilities. The Museum reserves the right to decide what can and cannot be checked in at the coat-check facilities.
The Audio Guide is available in English and several other languages at distribution booths in the Great Hall and at the entrances to special exhibitions. Transcripts in regular and large print are also available. Fees are waived for visitors who are hard of hearing, blind, or partially sighted. Audio Guides are equipped with volume control and are available with headsets or neck loops for hearing aids with T-switches.
Street-level entrances are at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street and at the Museum Parking Garage at Fifth Avenue and 80th Street. Wheelchairs are available free of charge at coat-check areas on a first-come, first-served basis. The Museum is accessible to wheelchair users.
A limited number of FM assistive listening devices for Museum tours and programs are available at the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall. The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium is equipped with an infrared sound enhancement system (headsets and neck loops). To obtain a headset, please ask an usher. Headsets and neck loops are available free of charge with identification.
Monday Closed**
Tuesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Closed: Mondays (except as listed below), January 1, Thanksgiving Day, December 25
*Galleries are cleared at 5:15 p.m., Sunday–Thursday, and 8:45 p.m., Friday and Saturday
**The Main Building of the Metropolitan Museum—its galleries, public restaurants, and shops—will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following Met Holiday Mondays:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 21, 2008
Presidents' Day: February 18, 2008
Memorial Day: May 26, 2008
Labor Day: September 1, 2008
Directions
By Subway/Bus
From The Cloisters: Take the M4 bus directly to 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
From East Side of Manhattan: Take the 6 train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth Avenue; or take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street.
From West Side of Manhattan: Take the 1 train to 86th Street, then the M86 crosstown bus across Central Park to Fifth Avenue.
From Penn Station: Take the M4 bus to 83rd Street and Madison Avenue.
Parking
The Museum parking garage, located at Fifth Avenue and 80th Street, is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To receive a discount, Museum visitors must have their tickets validated at the Uris Center Information Desk near the Museum entrance at 81st Street.
Luggage Policy
Luggage is not allowed into the Museum and cannot be checked in at the Museum's coat-check facilities. This includes small carry-ons and oversize backpacks. All standard-size backpacks, large bags, and packages 16" x 16" x 8" or larger must be checked in at the coat-check facilities. The Museum reserves the right to decide what can and cannot be checked in at the coat-check facilities.
Audio Guide
The Audio Guide is available in English and several other languages at distribution booths in the Great Hall and at the entrances to special exhibitions. Transcripts in regular and large print are also available. Fees are waived for visitors who are hard of hearing, blind, or partially sighted. Audio Guides are equipped with volume control and are available with headsets or neck loops for hearing aids with T-switches.
Accessibility
Street-level entrances are at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street and at the Museum Parking Garage at Fifth Avenue and 80th Street. Wheelchairs are available free of charge at coat-check areas on a first-come, first-served basis. The Museum is accessible to wheelchair users.
Assistive Listening Devices
A limited number of FM assistive listening devices for Museum tours and programs are available at the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall. The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium is equipped with an infrared sound enhancement system (headsets and neck loops). To obtain a headset, please ask an usher. Headsets and neck loops are available free of charge with identification.
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