The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Since its founding in 1870, the met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. The met’s modern and contemporary art department studies, collects, and exhibits art from 1890 to the present.
$22 for visitors with a disability; Free for a caregiver of a visitor with a disability (in person only). The met collection travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art.
Located just off the main hall of the met cloisters, the met store presents unique gifts, jewelry, home decor, and more inspired by the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval europe. The collection encompasses modernist movements and contemporary practices from across the globe. The met collection of arms and armor is a modern one, formed through the activities and interests of curators, trustees, private collectors, and donors over the past 125 years. Free for members, patrons, and children 12 and under.
The met presents more exhibitions than any art museum in the world with more than 30 exhibitions each year representing a wide range of artists, eras, and cultures. Advanced collection search highlights public domain images Millions of people also take part in the met experience online. The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.