The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
With Broadway at its heart, the Great Emporium developed into the nation’s major
Across the regions of the empire, gladiators and their preparation for fights were depicted through various media, including terracotta oil lamps, figurines, glass vessels, pottery, and relief sculpture.
armor and weaponry originally took inspiration from Rome’s various enemy tribes and nations
Art has a unique way of bringing complicated facts to life. What can it tell us about the multiple histories of two continents over several centuries? Visit the American Wing.
and leader, fought in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, in which Indigenous nations
Met director Max Hollein reflects on current discussions about cultural property, provides background on The Met collection, and previews several important initiatives.
needed provenance information and even more time to collaborate with other museums, nations
His meticulous technique is related to that of manuscript illumination; he was most assured working on a diminutive scale, but became increasingly adept at volumetric description in larger works.
Mediterranean nations played an especially prominent role in Bruges’ commerce;
The Worsham-Rockefeller Dressing Room is among the most elaborate and best-preserved interiors from late-19th-century New York City.
spurring intense interest in collecting and leading to the founding of many of the nation’s
Music and drama are the fundamental ingredients, as are the arts of staging and costume design; opera is therefore a visual as well as an audible art.
the grandest aspirations not only of heroic men and women but also of peoples and nations
In a flush of optimism following the Civil War, a group of businessmen, civic leaders, and artists determined to found an art museum in New York City. They took the first concrete step toward this goal on April Making We Scheduled The In These Above
Under Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the inaugural director, the Museum acquired this nation
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
peasant wars against oppressive aristocracy, and brutal clashes with neighboring nations
Features monumental art from New Guinea, Pacific islands, Australia, and Island Southeast Asia—regions united by shared Indigenous ancestry.
The first Pacific Island nations secured independence through movements that began
