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The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

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The American Wing

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Ancient Near Eastern Art

Cylinder seal and modern impression: god with mace and suppliant goddessReproduction of a Sarmatian plaque in the form of an elkStamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic sceneCuneiform tablet: private letterCuneiform tablet: Utukku lemnutu, tablet 3Cuneiform tablet: Utukku lemnutu, tablet 12Cuneiform tablet: student exercise tabletCuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/IshtarCuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53)Cuneiform tablet: hymn to MardukCuneiform tablet: Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood mythCuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53)Figure of a standing womanFigure of a reclining womanCast reconstruction of Babylonian Flood TabletRelief: bearded figure holding staff; hieroglyphic inscriptionDrop-shaped (tanged) pendant seal and modern impression: quadrupedsFunerary reliefDrachmSilver drachmDrachmTetradrachmDrachmDrachmDrachm

Arms and Armor

Gorget of an Officer of the King's American RegimentBlade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)Kris with SheathBlade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Close-Helmet for the Tournament on FootFlintlock Duelling PistolShield (Dhál)Pair of Flintlock Pistols Made for Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

Asian Art

Forts Zeelandia and Provintia and the City of TainanSong of the LuteLandscape in the manner of Dong YuanQu Yuan and the FishermanFigure standing in a grove of treesLandscape with figureAzure Cliff with Red MaplesSetting Sun on the Autumn RiverLandscape with fishermanRiverscape with moored boatsSheep and herd boyMountain Market, Clearing MistWaiting for the FerryGuanyin and the sixteen luohansFirst half of Ten Thousand Li of the Yangzi RiverLady in a bamboo groveCockatooFisherman and familyWater-moon AvalokiteshvaraCasting Model for Belt PlaqueOne hundred water buffaloViewing the Moon under a Pine TreeBuddha with radiate halo and mandorlaHorse and Willow TreeDragon and Landscape

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

St. Cosmas or St. Damian (?)Altarpiece (retablo) with Scenes from the PassionQuatrefoil Roundel with Arms and Secular ScenesIcon with Saint DemetriosThe AnnunciationTwo Riddles of the Queen of ShebaFragment with Personifications of Victory and the NileFragment with Personifications of Victory and the NilePendant Medallion with Michael Slaying the DragonBorder with "Block" Foliate PatternOpus Anglicanum (Chasuble)Portable Reliquary of Saint VincentSilk with GriffinsTwo Scenes from "Der Busant" (The Buzzard)ChaliceFragment of a Tapestry or Wall HangingEmbroidery with the AnnunciationAltar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and SaintsLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flanked by Two Angels; The Calling of Saint John with the Enthroned Christ flanked by Angels and a Man Holding a BookLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the DeathlessLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Sixth Angel Delivers the Four Angels that had been Bound at the River Euphrates; an Altar Appears in the Heavens as the Enthroned Christ Raises His Hand in BlessingLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Seventh Angel Proclaims the Reign of the LordLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Table of the AntichristLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven Last Plagues; The Hymn of the LambLeaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Costume Institute

SuitCapeDressHatSummer Double-breasted Cutaway TailcoatSuitSuitRobe à la françaiseDressEnsembleEnsembleRound gownHatJacketBall gownDressShirtDressRobe à l'anglaiseGlovesRobe à l'anglaiseEmpire CoatWalking ensembleAfternoon dressBall gown

Drawings and Prints

Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female hermCover Design for "Les Vieilles Histoires"Hamlet in a Wheat Field, VichyPortrait of Madame Dietz-MonninPlate 10 from 'La Tauromaquia': Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at ValladolidPlate 20 from the 'Tauromaquia':The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid.'The custody is as barbarous as the crime' (Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)'Barbarous Entertainment', a blind guitarist on the horns of a bull'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D)Violinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson"Bather Drying HerselfÉdouard Manet, Seated, Right ProfileÉdouard Manet, Seated, Holding His HatÉdouard Manet at the Races'Punctual Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities. Plate B)Manet's Studio in the BatignollesGarroted ManSpanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux'Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux''Dancing Giant' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)'Folly of Fear' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)'Loyalty' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)Blind Guitarist'Little Bulls' Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities, Plate D)'Well-Known Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities, Plate A)

Egyptian Art

Upper half of a woman from a pair or group statueHead from a figure of OsirisFigure of OsirisHead and chest of a shabti figureUpper Part of a Jar in the Shape of a Woman’s HeadUpper half of a woman from a pair or group statueTwo-Sided Plaque with GazellesHead of a Man with a Round WigScarab of Seti IIPlaque with winged Re-HarakhtyFigure of Isis nursing HorusHead with tripartite wig, probably from a shabtiHead of a Male FigurePtah FigurePartial Shu AmuletUpper part of a figure of Isis nursing HorusUpper part of a figure of Isis nursing HorusHead from a figure of a child god, perhaps HarpokratesHead of a Statuette of PtahCosmetic VesselCosmetic VesselHarpokrates AmuletFragmentary Head of an OryxBowl with fish and lotusesReclining Lion

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Hanging depicting a European conflict in South IndiaEmbroidered panels for a man's suitBishop's GlovesBishop's GlovesAlbChasubleChasubleStoleStoleDress for an altar figureBodice for an altar figureDress for an altar figureVestmentVestmentVestmentVestmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentTextile fragmentFragment of a shirt

Greek and Roman Art

Marble sarcophagus with garlandsPendant in the form of a vaseGlass beadGlass perfume bottleGlass eye beadGlass perfume bottle