Exquisite Piece of Art- Metropolitan Museum of Arts!
Along the Manhattan's Museum Mile is the main building which is regarded as one of the largest galleries with respect to area. According to an estimate made in the year 2012, it is reported that Metropolitan Museum of Art's occupies a space of 2,000,000 square feet. This museum was established in the year 1870 by American citizens. The main purpose of its establishment was to promote the education related to art and creativity in American people. The contributors who put an effort in the museum's establishment include financiers, leading businessmen and artists of that time. Its art collections are the most significant ones. So if you are wondering where to spend vacations this summer, just get ready to see the dazzling beauty of this museum.
You will find the art pieces in this museum belonging to the regions from all over the world. Its permanent collection includes art work from Ancient Egypt and classical antique sculptures and paintings from all the masters of Europe and a collection of modern and American art. It also holds approximately 50,000 pieces in its department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
The American art occupies an area of 30,000 square feet of the total area in the museum. In addition to all this, Metropolitan museum also hold a large variety of art pieces from Asian, African, Byzantine, Oceanic and Islamic art. Met contains around 11,000 art pieces from Pacific Islands and sub- Sahara Africa. Moreover, Asian art's collection includes around 35,000 or more art pieces. The Asian department of Arts in Met mostly contains the Chinese paintings and calligraphy and works of Tibet and Nepal.
You will be amazed to see that this museum not just only hold the art works but also holds a vast collection of ancient weapons, armor, costumes, musical instruments, accessories and antiques from all around the globe. You would be amused to know that the popular collection of Met is the Department of Arms and Armor. Images of horseback placed in the first floor gallery of Arms and Armor is one of the significant ones, known as 'parade'. Costume institute department also contains more than 35,000 accessories and costumes.
As the purpose of this museum was to create a sense of arts amongst the people, Met also hosts and organizes traveling shows whole year. Met attracts a total of 5.24 billion visitors as recorded in the year 2010. Facility of public transport is also available for the local and foreigner visitors.
After reading all this one can easily be tempted to visit this artistic and historical place. If you are school teacher and want to show your students the value of arts, this is the best option and you can always go for a bus rental to reach the venue. So if you are still wondering where to go, no need to think anymore. Just pack your bags up and get ready to make this summer the most memorable one.