Metropolitan Museum of Art

An encyclopedic art museum in New York City, known as the Met. It is the largest art museum in the Americas and was founded in 1870.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. Its main building stands at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along the Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

The museum was founded in 1870. Its permanent collection ranges from the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt through classical antiquity to the contemporary world, and is divided into 17 curatorial departments. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in the United States.