Metropolitan Museum of Art
A living encyclopedia of world art, where the stories of every culture and every era find a home in the heart of New York.
The Met offers a truly universal artistic experience, with a collection that spans the entire globe and over 5,000 years of history. Unlike the great European museums, its strength lies in its encyclopedic breadth: one can move from an authentic Egyptian temple (the Temple of Dendur) to the armor of Japanese samurai, from rooms dedicated to European masters like Vermeer and Rembrandt to the imposing wing dedicated to American art, with iconic works like 'Washington Crossing the Delaware'.