The met’s modern and contemporary art department studies, collects, and exhibits art from 1890 to the present. The museum lives in two iconic sites in new york city— the met fifth avenue and the met cloisters. The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Millions of people also take part in the met experience online. 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.
Advanced collection search highlights public domain images 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. $22 for visitors with a disability; The collection encompasses modernist movements and contemporary.
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. All tickets include exhibitions and same. 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. The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.