The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to 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. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in the United States and the fifth-most visited art museum in the world.
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Founded in 1870, the Met houses more than two million works spanning 5,000 years, including the largest collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo.
The museum is enormous — pick two or three wings rather than trying to see everything in one visit, and reserve timed tickets online in advance during busy seasons.