The Met

The Met, as it’s known, is New York’s OG museum. The hulking Fifth Avenue institution has an exhaustive collection that spans from 20,00 BC to 2023, making it a living, breathing monument to the history of human creation. The Met has also recently expanded to include an Islamic Wing and the Rockefeller Galleries (African, Ancient American and Oceanic arts). Every late spring to early fall, the museum reveals its annual Rooftop Commission series (set against panoramic views of Central Park). The Met is the central stop on the Fifth Avenue ‘Museum Mile,’ with the Guggenheim, Neue Galerie, Jewish Museum, and Museo del Barrio also not to be missed (all mere blocks from each other).\nmetmuseum.org