Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, yomwe imatchedwa kuti Met, ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za encyclopedic ku New York City. Pofika pansi, ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yachinayi pakukula padziko lonse lapansi komanso nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kwambiri ku America. Ndi alendo okwana 5.36 miliyoni mu 2023, ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale omwe adachezeredwa kwambiri ku United States komanso malo osungiramo zinthu zakale achisanu omwe adachezeredwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. The New York Times, March 12, 2024, "Audience Snapshot; Four Years After Shutdown, a Mixed Recovery" 

Mu 2000, kusonkhanitsa kwake kosatha kunali ndi ntchito zoposa 2 miliyoni; pano ili ndi mndandanda wa ntchito 1.5 miliyoni. Zosonkhanitsazo zimagawidwa m'madipatimenti 17 a curatorial. Nyumba yayikulu yomwe ili pa 1000 Fifth Avenue, m'mphepete mwa Museum Mile kum'mawa kwa Central Park ku Manhattan's Upper East Side, ndi imodzi mwazosungirako zakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Gawo loyamba la nyumbayi pafupifupi 2 miliyoni lalikulu-square-foot (190,000 m2) linamangidwa mu 1880. Malo ochepa kwambiri achiwiri, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park ku Upper Manhattan, ali ndi zojambulajambula, zomangamanga, ndi zinthu zakale. kuchokera ku medieval Europe.

Metropolitan Museum of Art inakhazikitsidwa mu 1870, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi inakhazikitsidwa ndi gulu la anthu aku America, kuphatikizapo opereka chithandizo, ojambula zithunzi, ndi amalonda, ndi cholinga chopanga bungwe ladziko lomwe lingalimbikitse ndi kuphunzitsa anthu. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi imakhala ndi zojambulajambula kuyambira ku Near East wakale ndi Egypt wakale, mpaka kalekale mpaka kudziko lamakono. Zimaphatikizapo zojambulajambula, ziboliboli, ndi zojambulajambula zochokera ku European Old Masters ambiri, komanso kusonkhanitsa kwakukulu kwa zojambulajambula za ku America, zamakono, ndi zamakono. Met imasunganso zaluso zaku Africa, Asia, Oceanian, Byzantine, ndi Asilamu. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi imakhala ndi zida zoimbira, zovala, zaluso zokongoletsa ndi nsalu, komanso zida zakale ndi zida zochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Zamkati zingapo zodziwika bwino, kuyambira ku Roma wazaka za zana la 1 kupita ku mapangidwe amakono aku America, zimayikidwa m'manyumba ake.

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