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name: Metropolitan Museum of Art
about: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially, the “Met”) is the largest art museum in the United States. It was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction."1This statement of purpose has guided the Met for more than a century.The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reaffirmed the statement of purpose and supplemented it with the following mission statement:The mission of The Metropol The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially, the “Met”) is the largest art museum in the United States. It was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction."1This statement of purpose has guided the Met for more than a century.The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reaffirmed the statement of purpose and supplemented it with the following mission statement:The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards.(September 12, 2000)1 -Charter of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, State of New York, Laws of 1870, Chapter 197, passed April 13, 1870 and amended L.1898, ch. 34; L. 1908, ch. 219.--------------------------Profile picture is the Met’s Great Hall (taken by Sracer357 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ...more