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away on Madison Avenue, and The Cloisters in Upper Manhattan. Admission tickets are valid for three consecutive days at all three museums.
‘Art from every corner of the world’
The main museum, known as The Met Fifth Avenue, advertises that it has “5,000 years of art from every corner of the world” and within its more than 630,000 square feet, who’s going to argue. Here you can see a decorated military helmet from around 1500 to 1100 B.C.; a mid-10th century, ivory carving depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; and a 1966 painting by American artist Andrew Wyeth, “Grape Wine.”
The Met Fifth Avenue has 17 different collections,
with a staff that curates each one as well as researches, helps with exhibits and maintenance. One of the
more exciting collections is The Costume Institute,
an assemblage of more than 33,000 costumes and accessories. The display presents clothing of men, women and children from five continents since the 15th century. In 2014, the wing of the museum that houses the collection was named the Anna Wintour Costume Center after the editor-in-chief of Vogue and chair since 1995 of the museum’s annual Met Gala, a fundraiser for the museum that also doubles as the opening of the Institute’s annual exhibit.
Across Central Park’s Great Lawn (and Central Park West if you are walking) is the American Museum of Natural History, the second most visited museum in New York City at 5 million guests per year. Founded in 1869, it contains 45 exhibit halls and is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, the nation’s 26th president, and
a tribute to his legacy of conservation. It is the only
Across Central Park’s Great Lawn (and Central Park West if you are walking) is the American Museum of Natural History, the second most visited museum in New York City at 5 million guests per year.
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museum in the U.S. authorized to grant a doctorate and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree.
The museum also is home to the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium, led by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Besides guests to its New York location, the museum estimates millions more, on six continents, have seen its Space Shows.
Picasso, Van Gogh and Dali; Oh my!
One of the most recognized buildings in New York City is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on the Museum Mile at 88th Street. The building was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959 but
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