New yorks major cultural institutions close in response. Addenda to flemish paintings in the metropolitan museum of art. Founded in 1870, its permanent collection, housed in 17 curatorial departments, comprises more than 2 million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. A hallmark of the metropolitan museum of art, the met stores sumptuously illustrated exhibition catalogues accompany the mets worldclass exhibitions. Books the met store the metropolitan museum of art. Its collection includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
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