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

“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

The largest establishments, like New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, generally favor behind-the-scenes talks with curators over memes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

These paintings are currently in a number of big and powerful museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in London.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett