Metropolitan Museum of Art

noun

the principal museum in New York City: founded in 1870 and housed in its present premises in Central Park since 1880

An art museum in New York City. One of the leading art museums in the world, it is known for its extensive collections, ranging from Egyptian temples to twentieth-century masterpieces.

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In 2013, he pledged his billion-dollar collection of Cubist artworks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Jackson-Dumont served as the chairwoman of education and public programs at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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In my early 20s, I gave tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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His days were spent visiting the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds a copy of the image and it said on its website that the photo appealed to Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who bought a print and issued a standing order for every major composite photograph Robinson would make.

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