Chapter 1
The time machine on Fifth Avenue
Chapter 2
Portals to ancient empires
Chapter 3
Treasures of the Pacific and early Americas
Chapter 4
Behind the velvet ropes
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Met: Inside the world's grandest time machine
Ch 1 · The time machine on Fifth Avenue
themet The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Step off Fifth Avenue to travel through the years, And see five thousand years of history reappear.
themet Journey to northern Manhattan to explore a castle made of medieval European ruins.
themet Explore the staggering scale of a collection that spans five thousand years of human history.
Fun Fact
The hidden building: The Met's original red-brick building is still standing, completely swallowed up and hidden inside the massive modern limestone museum expansions.
Glossary
museum (noun)
A building or institution where objects of artistic, historical, or scientific importance are kept and exhibited. The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its permanent Fifth Avenue home in 1880.
A building or institution where objects of artistic, historical, or scientific importance are kept and exhibited. The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its permanent Fifth Avenue home in 1880.
Quiz
Which famous landscape architect, who co-designed Central Park, helped design the Met's original red-brick building?
Quiz
Which European city is famous for weaving the historic Unicorn Tapestries, now on display at the Met Cloisters?
Quiz
Who served as the very first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when it was founded in 1870?
Quiz
Which river is visible from the outdoor terraces and medieval gardens of the Met Cloisters?
Quiz
Where in New York City is the Met Cloisters, the museum's branch for medieval art, located?
Quiz
In what year did the Metropolitan Museum of Art open its doors to the public at its current Fifth Avenue location?
Quiz
What architectural style is the Met's grand Fifth Avenue facade, designed by Richard Morris Hunt?