Met Gala Kerry Washington

The met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Become a met member and enjoy an enhanced experience with unlimited free admission, special access to exhibitions, and invitations to members-only events. The met collection travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art.

The museum lives in two iconic sites in new york city— the met fifth avenue and the met cloisters. Millions of people also take part in the met experience online. 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.

The met fifth avenue over 5,000 years of art from around the world. Curatorial curatorial departments study, exhibit, and care for over two million objects in the met collection. This award-winning series of six short videos invites viewers around the world to virtually visit the met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way.

On march 18, 2016, the metropolitan museum of art opened the met breuer, a space dedicated to modern and contemporary art.