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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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Ancient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53)Cylinder seal and modern impression: god with mace and suppliant goddessStamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic sceneCuneiform tablet: student exercise tabletReproduction of a Sarmatian plaque in the form of an elkCuneiform tablet: private letterCuneiform tablet: Utukku lemnutu, tablet 3Cuneiform tablet: Utukku lemnutu, tablet 12Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/IshtarDrachmFunerary reliefPanel with striding lionRelief panelPinEarspoonBraceletMosaic fragmentWindow screenChessmanFurniture support: lion's legFurniture element with a monkeyCast reconstruction of Babylonian Flood TabletRelief: bearded figure holding staff; hieroglyphic inscriptionSilver drachmDrachm of Bahram IV

The American Wing

ArmchairArmchairBeakerFooted bowlPunch BowlBowlArmchairTumblerBedsteadBowlBowlSpindle-back armchairLeather armchairSpindle-back armchairSpindle-back armchairBitters BottleBookcaseBowlBowlBowlSquare-back armchairBankBowlFooted bowlFooted bowl

Arms and Armor

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 Dagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)RapierBlade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Close-Helmet for the Tournament on FootShield (Dhál)Pair of GauntletsDagger (Tantō)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)Mace Made for Henry II of FranceBlade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)Pair of Wheellock PistolsPair of GauntletsRapier of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558)Basket-Hilted SwordFlintlock Duelling PistolRapierKris with SheathBlade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)Rapier with ScabbardBlade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643)

Asian Art

Listening to the Zither Among Streams and PinesIchikawa Danjuro V as a Chivalrous Commoner (Gonin Otoko) from the Play "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"Song of the LuteMahasthamaprapta BodhisattvaLandscape in the style of Huang GongwangGibbons and DeerHuaisu in the Banana GroveSquirrel and GrapesFujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishū Fujimigahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Qu Yuan and the FishermanZhou Dunyi admiring lotus flowersStrolling in a Misty ValleySudden Shower at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the TōkaidōNight Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi)Autumn Landscape, leaf from Album for Zhou LianggongMountain Retreat, leaf from Album for Zhou LianggongGreat Wisdom Sutra (Daihannya-kyō) from the Chūsonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonji-kyō)Setting Sun on the Autumn RiverLandscape with fishermanPortraits of Emperors of Successive DynastiesEma (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion and Peony Tree by Flowing WaterŌtsu-e of Thirteen Buddhist DeitiesThree-Footed Stand (Kongōban) for Buddhist Ritual ImplementsBringing the Message of Victory to DongshanSilkworm

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Two Riddles of the Queen of ShebaTwo Scenes from "Der Busant" (The Buzzard)Leaf 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 DeathlessThe Unicorn Surrenders to a Maiden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)Lion, from a DoorwayRoundel with Playing at QuintainDrinking Vessel (Hanap; one of a pair)Virgin of the ApocalypsePanels of Grisaille Glass with GrotesquesQuatrefoil Roundel with Arms and Secular ScenesLeaf 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: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of RevelationLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Angel of the Church of Sardis with Saint JohnGod Closing the Door of Noah’s ArkLockFragment of a Marble SarcophagusThe Unicorn Crosses a Stream (from the Unicorn Tapestries)Fragment from a VesselCover of a CenserArmorial RoundelFragment with Personifications of Victory and the NileJugThe Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)Embroidered HangingPlaque with Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter and the Law to Saint Paul

The Costume Institute

DressHatSummer Double-breasted Cutaway TailcoatSuitSuitRobe à la françaiseSuitCapeDressAfternoon dressEvening dressDoubletDinner dressDressDressTrousersKimono CoatOpera cloakCapeDressOpera cloakLounge suitBuskDressWedding ensemble

Drawings and Prints

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D)Manet's Studio in the BatignollesPortrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin'Barbarous Entertainment', a blind guitarist on the horns of a bullÉdouard Manet, Seated, Right ProfilePlate 20 from the 'Tauromaquia':The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid.Hamlet in a Wheat Field, VichyViolinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson"'Punctual Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities. Plate B)Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female herm'The custody is as barbarous as the crime' (Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)Cover Design for "Les Vieilles Histoires"Bather Drying HerselfÉdouard Manet, Seated, Holding His HatPlate 10 from 'La Tauromaquia': Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at ValladolidÉdouard Manet at the RacesJane AvrilCrowd in a Park; page 31 from the "Images of Spain" album (F)Nothing is Known of This; two figures picking up a body in front of a church, a monk singing next to them and another in the background; page 7 from the "Witches and Old Women" Album (D)At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue and Her SisterCarnivalAt the Théâtre de la Renaissance: Sarah Bernhardt in PhèdreStudy for "Underneath the Cork Oaks"Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and His Son Louis-Phillipe Joseph, Duc de ChartresKing Solomon Beholds the Ark of the Covenant Being Brought to the Temple

Egyptian Art

Head from a figure of a child god, perhaps HarpokratesHead of a Statuette of PtahProfile Face Inlay of King AkhenatenBead with Royal NameHead of a Queen Wearing a Vulture HeaddressUpper Part of a of Woman from a Pair StatueStatuette of RenisenebCup of NesikhonsuKneeling Priest, Pouring LibationSeated figure of AmunTwo-Handled JarHatnefer's ChairStanding statue of Mitry's wifeStanding statue of Mitry's wifeVase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her OffspringCosmetic jarCarinated Stone Jar with Rope PatternUpper part of a figure of Isis nursing HorusCosmetic VesselHarpokrates AmuletFragmentary Head of a Man, Belonging to a Block StatueBrewer's Vat of Queen Mother Ankhenes-PepiNikare as a scribeStatue of Tjeteti in middle ageCosmetic jar with lid

Greek and Roman Art

Glass perfume bottleGlass miniature flaskGlass lentoid bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass bottleGlass bottleGlass jug with trefoil rimGlass beadGlass beadGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass flaskGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass bottleGlass pourer flaskGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass perfume bottleGlass square bottleGlass perfume bottle

Islamic Art

Portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar and his Vizier Haj Mirza AghasiSaddle CoverVanity BoxSalt Bag

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Bed curtain borderBed curtain borderTowel borderBed curtain borderTowelTazzaBeakerChasubleVestmentChasubleTowelEwerBishop's GlovesFragment of a shirtChasubleBed curtain borderPaten coverSalverTextile fragmentTowel borderBed curtain borderTowel borderStoleStoleOrphrey