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Also Known As the Met
Date 1870 - present
Areas Of Involvement 10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City • Met Gala • How do you get an invite to the Met Gala?
Related People Frida Escobedo • William Henry Vanderbilt • Richard Morris Hunt • John Frederick Kensett • Luigi Palma di Cesnola • Benjamin Altman

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba
“Women Dressing Women”
Interior view of the Fuentiduena Chapel at The Cloisters in New York City, showing stone walls, arched apse with a fresco, and medieval sculptures on display.
“Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”
Claude Monet: Bouquet of Sunflowers
Claude Monet: Chrysanthemums
Andreas Achenbach: Sunset After a Storm on the Coast of Sicily
Pinturicchio: The Chariot of Ceres
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