Metropolitan Museum of Art

British  

noun

1. the principal museum in New York City: founded in 1870 and housed in its present premises in Central Park since 1880

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Cultural  

1. An art museum in New York City. One of the leading art museums in the world, it is known for its extensive collections, ranging from Egyptian temples to twentieth-century masterpieces.

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Example Sentences

When we first encounter the couple, they’re roaming the Metropolitan Museum of Art — which, one gets the sense, they know by heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and now Raphael: New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a retrospective to the third of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the nation’s first comprehensive exhibition on the artist, thoughtfully highlighting both his influences and his own ever-evolving genius across a wide array of media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” opens with footage of the first P.A.I.N. protest, inside the now-former Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Officials of the Metropolitan Museum of Art report that 100,000 people climbed the great stairway to catch a glimpse of one of its newest acquisitions, a twenty-four-inch statue called “Angel.”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg