short for Metropolitan Museum of
Art, one of the
world's largest and most well-known
art museums, located in
New York City. The
word metropolitan means "
relating or belonging to a large city and sometimes its surrounding areas, neighboring communities, etc." The museum was founded in 1870 by a
group of artists,
public figures and philanthropists (people, especially wealthy ones, who have a desire to
help mankind and show this by gifts to
humanitarian or charitable organizations) with a small
collection of paintings, purchased in
Paris,
France. Its
collection has since expanded to
include such things as armor, sculptures, ancient
Egyptian artifacts (any
object made by human
work, especially simple
primitive tools or weapons, remaining from a
particular period in
history), a
vast array of musical instruments,
painting exhibits, photographs and other such
items. In total these collections span over five thousand years of
art history, covering almost every
area of
world art. Metropolitan Museum, and so forth, has exhibits on it now as a
fine art, but-didn't used to be.
short for Metropolitan Museum of
Art; an
art museum, located in
New York, that houses the largest
collection of
art in the United
States. Metropolitan Museum, and so forth, has exhibits on it now as a
fine art, butTdidn't used to be.
- Studying Introduction (18 June 64) a
reference to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, one of the
world's largest and most well-known
art museums located in
New York City,
New York, USA. (
Metropolitan means of or
relating to a large or
major city and sometimes its surrounding areas.) The Metropolitan Museum was founded in 1870 and its
collection includes several thousand European paintings dating as far back as the early thirteenth century, as well as photographs, sculptures, ancient
Egyptian artifacts, a
vast array of musical instruments and armor. In total these collections span more than 5,000 years of
art history, covering almost every
area of
world art.
the
chief museum of
art in
New York City and the largest in the United
States, opened in 1880. The Metropolitan Museum contains a
department of
Egyptian antiquities which includes entire tomb chambers unearthed by the museum's archaeological expeditions. We relegated it to the Metropolitan Museum.
-Sec Check Questions, Mutual Rudiments (20 June 61) short for Metropolitan Museum of
Art; an
art museum located in
New York, housing the largest
collection of
art in the United
States.
the
chief museum of
art in
New York City and the largest in the United
States, opened in 1880. The Metropolitan Museum contains a
department of
Egyptian antiquities which includes entire tomb chambers unearthed by the museum's archaeological expeditions.