Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St.
212-535-7710
www.metmuseum.org

Accommodates some of the greatest cultural treasures in the world, representing every category of art from just about every country from every time period from the Stone Age to the present. It houses the finest American art in the world, as well as an impressive collection of European, Greco-Roman, and Ancient Egyptian art. The Egyptian Art gallery includes a whole temple that was shipped to America as a gift. Going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is (at least) a full-day affair, and an essential part of any trip to New York. Current/upcoming exhibitions: Tara Donovan at the Met (through 4/27); blog.mode: addressing fashion (through 4/13); In the Light of Poussin: The Classical Landscape Tradition (through 4/13); The Art of Time: European Clocks and Watches from the Collection (through 4/27); Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842 (through 5/4); Asian Lacquer: Masterpieces from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection (through 5/11); Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Olmsted Parks (through 5/13); Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru (through 9/1); Gustave Courbet (through 5/18); Anatomy of a Masterpiece: How to Read Chinese Paintings (through 8/10); Beauty and Learning: Korean Painted Screens (through 6/1); Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960 (4/8-10/19); Jeff Koons on the Roof (4/29-10/26); Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy (5/7-9/1); Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum (5/20-8/17); Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940 (6/3-9/1); Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe (7/1-9/21); J. M. W. Turner (7/1-9/21). Closed Mon. $20.

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