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The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
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… although Americans had begun to identify themselves as a nation, they were divided by sectional interests that deepened with rapid industrialization and the question of slavery.
By 1820, 2 million Americans lived west of the Appalachians, out of a total national
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Skip to main content The Department of Drawings and Prints boasts more than one million
