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Take a walk through an ancient Egyptian temple. Examine armor worn by medieval knights and elegant gowns worn by Russian queens. Pause to rest in a Japanese courtyard, and then view paintings by the greatest masters of European art. Visitors can do all those things and much more at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in
New York City.
The
Met
is one of the world's great treasure houses, containing nearly three million works of art and beautiful objects from every era and every part of the world.
The
Met was founded in 1870 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted their city to have a great museum. It began with just 174 paintings, but grew quickly. In 1880, it moved to its present site, on
Fifth Avenue
at the edge of
Central Park.
Its imposing building, with wide steps and tall columns, has been expanded many times.
Today, the
Met
has enough exhibition space to cover 30 football fields. But that space allows the museum to display only a small portion of its vast holdings. Noted for its ancient
Egyptian
and
Greek
collections and for its African, Asian, European, Islamic, and American art, the museum also features costumes, furniture, musical instruments, jewelry, and photographs.
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