Black History Art Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5.36 million visitors in 2023, it is the most-visited museum in the United States and the fifth-most visited art museum in the world.

Established: April 13, 1870
Location: 1000 Fifth Avenue (The Met Fifth Avenue) · 99 Margaret Corbin Drive (The Cloisters) · New York City, New York, U.S.
Collection size: 2 million
Visitors: 5.364 million (2023)
Chairs: Candace Beinecke · Hamilton E. James
Director: Max Hollein
Type: Art museum