{"id":12695,"date":"2011-11-11T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=12695"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:54:57","slug":"new-york-citys-iconic-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/travel-insight\/new-york-citys-iconic-met.htm","title":{"rendered":"New York City’s Iconic Met"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art or simply Met<\/em> for short is one of New York City\u2019s most iconic tourist attractions. It welcomes over five million visitors every year. The Met\u2019s collection of special exhibits offer an amazing experience for everyone; from Roman statues and Ancient Egyptian vases to Rembrandt paintings and Tiffany stained glass, you are bound to be overwhelmed by the sheer size of the collection available on display. So make sure you include a day for the Met when you pen down your itinerary for your visit and book your cheap flights\u00a0to New York<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is close to impossible to visit every single exhibit in even one day so we recommend you take the \u2018Highlights Tour\u2019 which will take you around the most iconic pieces and save you time and money as they are led by a volunteer and are free with admission and take up only one hour. The permanent collection at the Met represents a diversity of medium, age and geographic origin. The Met\u2019s collection includes over 2 million pieces of art which include Egyptian art dating back to 300,000 B.C. to 4th<\/sup> Century A.D. There are also other amazing elements such as the Modern Art Gallery, The Evolution of Musical Instruments Gallery, The Cloisters and so much more.<\/p>\n

You can even take the highlight tour of your own specific areas of interest and save the trouble of seeing things that do not interest you. This tour will enable you to explore the \u201cliving encyclopedia of word art\u201d this is the name given to the Metropolitan Museum. You will be introduced to some extraordinary paintings, decorative art and sculptors and get acquainted with the museum\u2019s history and layout.<\/p>\n

This museum was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and is spread over 1.5 million square feet. The magnificent European paintings on display include the works of Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, Vermeer, Degas and Titian. With unparalleled Egyptian gallery attention grabbing gallery of Asian art, armoury, sculptors and photography. There are separate galleries for medieval art, Islamic art, Greek and Roman art and for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. During warm weather, you will even get the chance to see the open-air displays of contemporary sculptor atop the beautiful roof garden. The Garden\u2019s caf\u00e9 and bar is also a popular museum spot during these shows.<\/p>\n

The Met\u2019s gift store is like no other in the entire city. Here you will find amazing replicas of ancient artefacts, beautiful and ornate jewellery which may be made from real or fake stones; Handcrafted shoes, handbags and clothes from all over the world; Intricate ceramics which are hand painted and decorative pottery; Hand embroidered shawls, table cloths, bedspreads, silk screens and so much more. Buy hand carved chess boards and pieces and other historic items and famous painting replicas for you to take home. The choices will be unlimited and who wouldn\u2019t want to take a piece of history and culture home with them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art or simply Met for short is one of New York City\u2019s most iconic tourist attractions. It welcomes over five million visitors every year. The Met\u2019s collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-12695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-insight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t