November 4, 2025 • 27 mins
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as The Met, in New York City, is one of the most worthwhile museums to visit while in the city. With 5+ floors and hundreds of thousands of pieces, including paintings, sculptures, historical artifacts, and more, spanning over 5,000 years of art from around the world.
Before you go, read this article covering some of the most famous art, tour options, ticket prices, and must-know tips for your museum visit.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
- Where is the MET?
- What famous art is at the MET?
- How much are MET tickets?
- Does the MET offer tours?
- What to know before visiting the MET in NYC
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What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Founded in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly known as The Met, presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world.
Today, tens of thousands of objects are on display at the museum’s two-million-square-foot building. The Met spans four full blocks and features over five floors of exhibitions, making it the largest art museum in the Americas and the third-largest in the world.
Where is the MET in NYC?
The Met is located on 5th Avenue from 80th Street to 84th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It’s the heart of what’s commonly referred to as Museum Mile, the most diverse art-viewing stretch of mile in the country.
What Famous Art is at the MET Museum?
With over 1.5 million total works in The Met’s archive, of which tens of thousands are currently on display, there is much to see at this renowned museum.
There are certainly experts with much more museum and art knowledge than we possess, but we want to highlight some of our personal favorite collections and works of art at The Met:
- Temple of Dendur
- Cloudy Mountains by Fang Congyi
- Rough Waves by Ogata Kōrin
- The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur
- Tapestry Room from Croome Court and any of the exhibitions with tapestries and rugs on display
- Autumn Rhythm by Jackson Pollock
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat by Vincent van Gogh
- Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies by Claude Monet
- Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
- Bouquet of Sunflowers by Claude Monet
- Wheat Field with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh
- Irises by Vincent van Gogh
- Egyptian Jewelry found in the Egyptian Art area
- Arms and armor collection
- Autumn Landscape by Tiffany Studios, and any of the Tiffany stained glass pieces
- Musical instruments
Recommendations by this episode’s guest and museum expert, Kylie Brooks:
- Temple of Dendur
- The entire American Wing
- Madame X and all of John Singer Sargent’s works
- Costume Institute
How Much are MET Museum Tickets?
Here is the full price breakdown:
- $30 for adults
- $22 for seniors
- $17 for students
- Kids 12 and under are free
- Pay as you wish for residents of NY, NJ, and CT
Does the MET Offer Tours?
If financially viable, taking a tour will provide you with the best possible experience at The Met.
See our full selection of tour options here.
Here are some things to know before visiting The Met in New York City:
- Either come at the very beginning of the day or near the end for fewer crowds
- Wear comfortable shoes
Episode Transcript
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Welcome to the Better Together Here podcast with your host,
Devin. And Ashley?
Helping you make the most of your time in New York City,
everyone. And welcome to today's episode
of the Better Together Here podcast.
My name is Devin. And my name is Ashley.
Today's episode we have something exciting.
We have a guest joining us throughout this episode.
Her name is Kylie Brooks. She is a art history minor, a
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lover of museums, has worked in museums and is going to help us
better understand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art how
to have a better experience. Some of her favorite pieces.
And you'll hear her sprinkled throughout this entire episode.
We also have a phenomenal. You'll have to check it out.
And in New York know how that's going to save you some confusion
on the subway. So let's get right to it.
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Before we talk about where the Met is, we're going to introduce
Kylie Brooks, our guest on this episode.
I studied art history in college.
I did a minor in art history. I was able to do study abroad
programs when I was in college where we spent entirely, the
entire program was visiting museums, visiting art museums
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specifically for six weeks. And it was amazing, incredible.
And it really solidified my lovefor museums that I already kind
of naturally had. But doing that study abroad and
then taking the art history classes required for the minor
really like cemented my passion for it.
And then I worked at the Art Museum for five years, not doing
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art history work, but doing marketing, public relations
work. But in so doing, I learned
everything about how museums operate.
And that just again, intensifiedeven further my love for museums
and also taught me how to be a better museum goer because part
of my job was trying to make themuseum experience great and then
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to sell that great experience toget people to come.
I feel like I get to see and I kind of understand how museums
work, how to best enjoy a museum, but I just naturally
have a love for museums, specifically art museums.
We are so excited to have Kylie on.
You are going to want to hear some of her favorite spots.
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But before that, let's talk about what and where the Met is
Quick History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
which we will now refer to as the Met as it was commonly
referred to as It was founded in1870 and it presents over 5000
years of art from around the world.
There are two locations. The most prominent and well
known is on 5th Ave. on the Upper East Side.
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There is also the Met Cloisters in upper Manhattan.
We're going to focus only on theflagship 5th Ave. location.
After it acquired its first object in November 1870, a Roman
sarcophagus, the collection quickly grew.
It prompted a couple different moves.
They were at a place called the Doddworth Building on 5th Ave.
on Douglas Mansion on 14th St. for a very short amount of time
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and their next and final move was in 1880 to its current
location at 5th Ave. and 82nd St.
You can actually still see the original entrance and facade of
the 1880 building inside the Mettoday and now when you go there
are 10s of thousands of objects on display at the museum's
2,000,000 square foot building. It literally spans over 4 New
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York City blocks and features 5 floors of exhibitions, making it
the largest Art Museum in the Americas and the third largest
in the world. Not only is it massive, but it
attracts 1,000,000 / 5 and a half million visitors entered in
2024, making it the most visitedmuseum in the United States and
the fourth most visited Art Museum in the entire world.
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And our recommendation is that during your trip, you should go.
If you're going to only go to 1 museum while you're here in New
York City, you should probably make it the Met.
The Met is iconic for a reason. It is a part of New York City's
history and it truly has something for everyone.
So like Devin said, if you're going to go to 1 Museum while
you are in New York City visiting, go to the Met.
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To get to the Met, you can get there via subway, bus, taxi,
bike, walking, depending on where you're coming from.
It is on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
It's kind of the heart of what'scommonly referred to as Museum
Mile, which is the most diverse art viewing stretch of mile in
the country. It's on 5th Ave. and it runs
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from 80th St. to 80th, 4th St. with the main entrance at 82nd
St. One quick note to remember here
is the Met is actually closed onWednesdays, but Sunday to
Tuesday and Thursday it's open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and
then Friday and Saturday extended hours from 10:00 AM to
9:00 PM. If you're up for the amount of
walking, our recommendation would be to actually start at
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the bottom of Central Park. Walk the roughly 20 blocks to
the Met through the park. You can.
You can see some amazing spots like Gapstow Bridge, the Mall
and Literary Walk, Bethesda Fountain, the Conservatory Water
and Alice in Wonderland statue, the Obelisk, and then you'll end
up right next to the Met and youcan go in from there.
Quite a bit of walking to do this option, however, we highly
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recommend visiting Central Park while you were in New York City
and highly recommend going to the Met and easy to combine
these things to have a really, really awesome good half day
experience, at least if you're walking through Central Park and
seeing the Met. Going to a museum, especially
one like the Met, can be overwhelming if you don't have
art education or don't really know what to look for.
So Kylie is going to give us some great insights as to how to
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maximize your experience at a museum.
I think that most people who go to museums feel that way.
It's a little bit daunting to walk into any museum because
you're not an expert. I feel that way when I go into,
you know, Natural History museums.
I'm like bones. I don't know, like that's not my
thing. But I think that no matter what
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type of museum you're going to, if you can understand like your
why behind your wanting to be there.
Are you going there to get the gram?
Like that's fine. Are you going there because you
have a friend like me who's making you go?
That's also fine. Are you going because you have
hours to kill before your flight?
Are you going because you genuinely want to learn
something? All of those are super valid.
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But if you can clarify your why before you go, you can set
yourself up for success a littlebit better.
When people have less than desirable museum experiences,
it's because they have too high of expectations of themselves or
of the art that they're going tosee.
And when you're talking about the Met, possibly the best Art
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Museum in our country, there's going to be too much to see in
one regular visit. It would be not fun for anybody
to try and see everything at theMet, But if you can go in and go
in with a game plan that's connected to your why, that's
going to make your museum experience so much more fun for
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you. And then the other thing, as
we're talking about the Met specifically in art museums, if
you're not art educated, that's OK.
Museums have shifted, and I think this is part of the
hesitation for a lot of people. Museums have shifted a lot, I'd
say, in the past 10 years to really be more inclusive of
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people and accessibility for education level about the topics
that they're presenting. I find that museums are getting
better at creating guides for you.
The museum does a little bit of the heavy lifting for you if you
can use the materials and have alittle bit of wherewithal before
you go or as you arrive to checkout the website, check out their
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Instagram or just like pick up that guide at the beginning
because they will usually give you some highlights.
So if you're going for the gram,you'll probably want to go find
those highlights. If you're going with someone who
loves it and you're just along for the ride, maybe identify one
piece that you want to see. There are so many famous pieces
that you have seen in the textbook at the Met.
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Identify one of those and that will make your connection to the
museum stronger. If you've chosen something and
identified it and seen it, that will be something that you can
say, oh, I saw that. I recognize that from a video I
saw in 3rd grade art class. You know, if you can find
something like that, that will make your experience a little
more enjoyable. And that actually leads us to
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this episode. You have to check it out.
Segment the. Next stop is.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir The Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis Reservoir is a massive water reservoir smack dab in the
middle of Central Park that was originally completed in 1862.
Back in those days, it actually was heavily used for getting
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water to residents of New York City.
It was later decommissioned and in 1994 it was renamed to the
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir to commemorate her
many contributions to the city. Beyond all that little quick
history, it is arguably one of the most beautiful parts in all
of Central Park. You get water views, building
views of both Upper East Side, Upper West Side, and the Midtown
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skyline. And the trees around it are
phenomenal. In the fall.
Beautiful fall foliage in the spring, cherry blossoms.
I mean, it is probably one of the best spots to walk around in
Central Park. Definitely one of the best
walking spots in the city, especially if you have been in
New York for a couple days, you're maybe feeling a little
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bit overwhelmed and over stimulated with all the noise
and all the people. This is a great spot to take a
nice little walk, see some nature, check out some cool
birds. Just take a load off, walk
around the reservoir. And it's close to the Met, so
you could very easily do it before or after your Met
experience. It's about a mile and a half if
you want to walk the entire reservoir, which we recommend.
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So that's this episode. You'll have to check it out.
Segment Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central
Park. OK, now back to the Met.
Stand clear of the closing doors, please. 1-2, Arguably the
most important part. What famous art is at the Met?
So there are over 1.5 million total works in the Mets archive,
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of which 10s of thousands are actively on display.
So there is a ton to see. What they do that's nice is they
kind of segment it into different collections and
departments, which can make yournavigation experience a little
bit easier. Do know that you don't need to
memorize any of it. There are plenty of workers
throughout that you can go up toand say, hey, I'm trying to get
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to the American way. How do I do that?
And they will direct you. But some of the famous ones in
popular, there's an entire Egyptian art section, the
American wing like we mentioned,Greek and Roman art, Islamic
art, arms and armor, modern and contemporary art, the Costume
Institute, Asian art. I mean, there is so, so much.
Truly, every time I go to the Met I feel like I find a
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different new favorite piece of art.
We asked Kylie some of her favorite spots within the Met
and she had some wonderful insights.
Yes, exactly the Met according to Kylie.
This is again just my preferences and my favorites I'm
showing here, so it's going to be different for everybody.
That's my caveat. But also there are some just
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iconic things in the Met that I never miss when I visit there.
So this is pretend you're on thetour with me.
The first stop we always make isthe Temple of Indoor, which is
probably the most iconic spot inthe Met.
It's been in film and television, like it's an iconic
spot, but it's the ancient Egyptian temple from like 15
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BCE. It's beautiful and the the
glass, the architecture of the Met really works well with the
way they've set up the little exhibition of, of the temple.
And it has the ancient antiquities artifacts around it
as well as you, you can kind of explore.
But having that intact temple isjust what a cool thing.
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So I never miss that when I go to the Met.
And it's also what a cool thing to be able to see antiquities of
that age. In America.
We have a lot of pieces from, you know, First Nations and that
has that type of age. But to see stuff from the other
side of the world, we don't havea lot of that in the United
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States and our museums. So it's a cool opportunity.
I need to see that kind of thingover here.
So that's always my first stop. My second stop is the American
Wink. I believe that if you're at the
Met, you ought to go check out the American art.
And it's one of the best American art collections,
obviously. And there are two favorites I
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have here. John Singer Sargent is an
American artist. He's possibly my favorite artist
total, but his piece Madam X, it's his most famous work.
It's huge scale portrait of thisbeautiful woman and that she's
kind of mysterious and always has been.
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But Madam X, that portrait is inthe American wing along with
other sergeants. But that's that's the most
famous. And then while you're in the
American wing, check out Washington crossing the
Delaware. That is 1 you will have seen in
your textbooks and also spoofed a million times in a variety of
contexts. But I find that I'm still just
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blown away by the scale of that piece.
And it also provides a great opportunity to talk about
historical record in art and what's true, what's not true,
what was the purpose behind creating that art.
And it can lead to some really fascinating discussions if
you're into that with the peopleyou're with.
If not, just go look at the scale of it for nothing else
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because it's pretty remarkable. And then I have AI cheated.
The Costume Institute at the Metis obviously iconic.
The Met Gala every year is now such a moment and for good
reason that that Met Gala every year opens the new exhibition of
the Costume Institute and then it closes later in the year.
That happens every year. And some of my very, very
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favorite exhibitions I've ever seen at any Art Museum have been
those Costume Institute exhibitions.
So that's always worth checking out.
Usually an extra cost but I think well worth it.
It's just a cool opportunity to see sometimes art on the wall.
It can get kind of boring after a while and to see something
more visceral, something that's not 2 dimensional can be a
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breath of fresh air in the Met as well.
So if you can't do the Costume Institute, if you're there on
the offseason, I then always recommend to go find the
Impressionists, the European artcollection.
Most museums try to advertise their Impressionism because it's
probably the most famous for us Western educated people.
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It's just the Impressionist era.The Van Gogh, then Renoir, the
Pizarro, the Degas, the Monet. Those are the things that we
kind of are familiar with. They're on dorm room posters,
they're on umbrellas, they're oneverything.
But then to see the actual piece, it's usually kind of
breathtaking. There is a tactility to it.
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There is a depth of color, a depth of light, and a depth of
movement that the impressionistswere trying to capture.
And it's pretty remarkable to see in person.
You can see those things at the MO MA as well, and other museums
around New York City. But if you're only going to the
Met or if you just have a coupleminutes, it's always worth
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visiting those because they willprobably be more familiar to
you. And that's always kind of a fun
boost as well. And it's pretty awesome to see
the Temple of Denture and you know, Van Gogh sunflowers on the
same day in the same place. That's a cool thing for me, at
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least. It makes me excited.
So that's that's kind of how I like to visit the Met.
Make sure, make sure I hit, you know, our antiquities, hit the
costumes if I can hit the American art because I think
it's the best collection of it, and then a bonus to the European
art because that's a personal favorite of mine.
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Well, that gives you some phenomenal insights on places to
go on the Met. We do want to mention some of
our own personal favorites as well.
We are going to highlight some of our personal favorites.
The first on that list is the Temple of Dandoor.
Also love the Horse fair by RosaBonheur.
It's a massive, massive painting.
There's a bunch of tapestry rooms and really intricate rugs
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which are worth checking out, and then a whole load of names
that you would recognize like Jackson Pollock, Vincent van
Gogh, Claude Monet Specifically.One of my favorites is Bridge
Over a Pond of Water Lilies. Very calming and peaceful.
Some other highlights within theMet are the irises by Vincent
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van Gogh. You have a really beautiful area
with Egyptian jewelry that can be fine in the Egyptian art
area. One of our favorite spots to
check out is the arms and armor collection.
It's literally an entire room ofancient armor and there's a
whole room of weapons and swordsand different guns from
different centuries and really, really cool area just to check
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out the different weapons and armor that they've used over the
last few thousands of years. Especially if you're going with
kids, I feel like kids always love the arms and armor
collection because it just feelsvery much like Knights in armor
and old weapons. And it's fun.
And there are some amazing arms on display like Ashley mentioned
guns, but also some beautiful swords and dating back to
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multiple thousands of years ago from all different types of
civilization. So plenty to see.
And throughout you'll also find many beautiful Tiffany stained
glass pieces. Specifically, Autumn Landscape
by Tiffany Studios is beautiful.Another one of our favorite
areas of the Met that we recommend checking out is the
Musical instruments wing. This is a very cool, very
unexpected area. When I think of the Met, I
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wouldn't think about seeing a wide array of different musical
instruments, but they have some of the first iterations of the
piano. They have musical instruments
from all over the world. And to me, it's really just
awesome to see how music and artare so intertwined and how much
a lot of these people really cared about making their musical
instruments really beautiful. There's very intricate designs
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on a piano from hundreds of years ago and all of the brass
instruments, and it's just a really cool area to check out.
You'll see musical instruments that you've even heard of before
in this area. As for how much it costs to get
into the Met, tickets are $30.00for adults, kids 12 and under
are free, $17.00 for students. They also have a slightly
discounted price for seniors. If you happen to have someone in
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your group that is from New York, New Jersey or Connecticut,
you can do pay as you Wish tickets.
Meaning you walk up to the counter and say I am a New York
resident and I would like to paya dollar or $5 or however much
you would like to pay for a ticket.
The Met does also offer tours. They do have some free tours
that are on a first come, first served basis, which probably
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means it's very hard to get those.
Your ticket cost $30.00 for an adult to get in.
There are many tours that are available for between 50 and
$60.00 for a 90 to 120 minute tour.
We have experienced tours at other museums and found it to be
very insightful, and we cannot recommend it enough for a place
like the Met where it is huge and there is a ton to see.
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And we'll actually let Kylie explain some reasons why she
thinks tours are a better optionif it's financially viable for
you. Again, it's all about your why.
I always recommend it if you feel like you have the financial
capacity and the time capacity to do it.
I think it's a fantastic way to experience a museum because
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they're going to provide the context that you won't be able
to gather yourself from reading labels or that you would need a
semester of art history to gather.
You know, a tour is going to do that for you.
And so I always recommend a museum tour.
My husband is not a museum Art Museum person, but he's kind of
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learned to become one. In the museum where I worked, he
would often come to exhibition openings and there would be a
tour of the exhibition led by the curator or the educator on
that exhibition. And he, my husband would always
say, I'm so glad I took the tour.
Now I understand why this matters.
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Or now I understand why there's a whole exhibition of this.
Or now I want to do more research about this time period
or about this artist or about this concept or about this, you
know, larger global theme that the artist is exploring.
That's the purpose of art museums is to make you curious.
Art is human expression of an emotion or an event or both.
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And being able to explore those through art is a meaningful
experience. But sometimes it can feel
sometimes literally abstract if we're talking about more
contemporary artwork. And it can be hard to understand
those themes or those emotions. But if you have that guide from
a tour, it's going to give that to you so that you can then just
jump right into it. Lowers the bar to jumping into
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experiencing the art. If you are interested in doing a
tour of the Met, check the description of this episode and
we will link out to a couple options.
One of the last things we want to talk about is just some
general tips for museums overall, but specifically the
Met. We've talked about some of these
and other ones, but either come at the very beginning of the day
or near the end for fewer crowds.
Just know it's going to be crowded.
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It, like we mentioned it is the most visited museum in the
United States. So it will be busy probably no
matter when you go or what day of the week.
So just be prepared. For that, another tip for
avoiding big crowds is if possible, go to the Met on a
weekday and not a weekend. As with any tourist attraction,
the weekend is always going to be a lot busier, so if you have
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the flexibility and can go to the Met on a Thursday or even a
Friday, that will be better thangoing on a Saturday or Sunday in
regards to the crowds. There are multiple cafes within
the Met, but our recommendation is to eat before going.
We've eaten at one of the cafes before.
It was very expensive and very mediocre.
So go eat beforehand. We will link to an article on
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our website about a little mini guide for an afternoon on the
Upper East Side where we recommend a couple different
restaurants but plan on staying at the Met for at least an hour
to two hours. You could spend all day long.
You could get there at 10 AM andstay until 5:00 PM and only
scratch the surface. So it all comes down to your
personal preferences and your kind of desires for the museum.
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Another. Tip is to ideally save museum
day for a day where the weather might not be as great.
If you're coming in the middle of the summer, you could pick
your museum day based on the daythat it's going to be the
hottest. You could pick your museum day
based the day that it's going torain or snow.
Just keep in mind a lot of otherpeople may also have that idea,
but it's a great way to spend anafternoon when the weather
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outside is kind of crappy if you're in a museum.
We wouldn't recommend bringing back bags possible they do allow
them in they will just need to be searched and if you have a
backpack they make you wear it on the front.
So I don't recommend bringing bags if you can wear comfortable
shoes. And little pro tip here is bring
headphones. So a lot of them will have just
the little labels and plaques that you can read with
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information about the pieces. But if you download the
Bloomberg Connects app and bringheadphones, there are audio
explanations and audio guides for many of the pieces inside
the Mets. So if you're not going to pay
for a dedicated tour, this is like the next best option.
I personally love using the audio guide.
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It's very user friendly. You basically download the app,
you click on the Met Museum and you go up to a painting and you
just type in the number associated with the painting and
it'll pull up a description. Sometimes the description will
have even more information that's on the plaque.
One thing I really like about this app and doing the audio
guide is that you get to learn about the art without just
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sitting there and reading the plaque.
You get to hear the description while you're looking at the art
and you're not looking at a large explanation on the plaque
next to you. You actually get to learn about
it and be taking in the art at the same time, which I find to
be more time efficient and more enjoyable.
If you are going to the museum with kids, they do have some
family guides and audio guides specifically for children on
their website. We will link to those as well.
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The last tip on our list is don't try to see the whole
museum in one day. It's truly not possible.
There are so many different wings and so many different
pieces of art that you can see. We recommend trying to pick a
couple wings to tackle in a day.Maybe each person in your group
picks the area that they really want to see and you go and do
that and just try to explore andlook around on your way from
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section to section. Don't try to do the whole thing
in one day. It's not possible and you'll
just be really tired. OK, quick segue into this
episode's New York Know how? This is a quick one.
Subway stations, while many of them have both Uptown and
downtown in the same entrance oron the same platform, some
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subway stations have specific Uptown or specific downtown
entrances and platforms. And some of them, if you go to
the Uptown side, but you actually need to go downtown,
you can't even crossover. You have to go back out and up
to the street, find the downtownside and go down there.
O once you've found your entrance, just double check the
sign and clarify that it doesn'texlicitly say Uptown or
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downtown. If it doesn't exlicitly say
either of those things, that usually means that both
directions are available at thatplatform.
The last thing you want is to beattempting to go Uptown and you
get on and suddenly you're goingthe wrong direction.
So make sure you're looking at the signs.
Make sure you are in the correctentrance so you can go the
right. Way and that's this episode's
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Welcome to the Better Together Here podcast with your host,
Devin. And Ashley?
Helping you make the most of your time in New York City,
everyone. And welcome to today's episode
of the Better Together Here podcast.
My name is Devin. And my name is Ashley.
Today's episode we have something exciting.
We have a guest joining us throughout this episode.
Her name is Kylie Brooks. She is a art history minor, a
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lover of museums, has worked in museums and is going to help us
better understand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art how
to have a better experience. Some of her favorite pieces.
And you'll hear her sprinkled throughout this entire episode.
We also have a phenomenal. You'll have to check it out.
And in New York know how that's going to save you some confusion
on the subway. So let's get right to it.
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Before we talk about where the Met is, we're going to introduce
Kylie Brooks, our guest on this episode.
I studied art history in college.
I did a minor in art history. I was able to do study abroad
programs when I was in college where we spent entirely, the
entire program was visiting museums, visiting art museums
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specifically for six weeks. And it was amazing, incredible.
And it really solidified my lovefor museums that I already kind
of naturally had. But doing that study abroad and
then taking the art history classes required for the minor
really like cemented my passion for it.
And then I worked at the Art Museum for five years, not doing
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art history work, but doing marketing, public relations
work. But in so doing, I learned
everything about how museums operate.
And that just again, intensifiedeven further my love for museums
and also taught me how to be a better museum goer because part
of my job was trying to make themuseum experience great and then
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to sell that great experience toget people to come.
I feel like I get to see and I kind of understand how museums
work, how to best enjoy a museum, but I just naturally
have a love for museums, specifically art museums.
We are so excited to have Kylie on.
You are going to want to hear some of her favorite spots.
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But before that, let's talk about what and where the Met is
Quick History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
which we will now refer to as the Met as it was commonly
referred to as It was founded in1870 and it presents over 5000
years of art from around the world.
There are two locations. The most prominent and well
known is on 5th Ave. on the Upper East Side.
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There is also the Met Cloisters in upper Manhattan.
We're going to focus only on theflagship 5th Ave. location.
After it acquired its first object in November 1870, a Roman
sarcophagus, the collection quickly grew.
It prompted a couple different moves.
They were at a place called the Doddworth Building on 5th Ave.
on Douglas Mansion on 14th St. for a very short amount of time
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and their next and final move was in 1880 to its current
location at 5th Ave. and 82nd St.
You can actually still see the original entrance and facade of
the 1880 building inside the Mettoday and now when you go there
are 10s of thousands of objects on display at the museum's
2,000,000 square foot building. It literally spans over 4 New
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York City blocks and features 5 floors of exhibitions, making it
the largest Art Museum in the Americas and the third largest
in the world. Not only is it massive, but it
attracts 1,000,000 / 5 and a half million visitors entered in
2024, making it the most visitedmuseum in the United States and
the fourth most visited Art Museum in the entire world.
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And our recommendation is that during your trip, you should go.
If you're going to only go to 1 museum while you're here in New
York City, you should probably make it the Met.
The Met is iconic for a reason. It is a part of New York City's
history and it truly has something for everyone.
So like Devin said, if you're going to go to 1 Museum while
you are in New York City visiting, go to the Met.
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To get to the Met, you can get there via subway, bus, taxi,
bike, walking, depending on where you're coming from.
It is on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
It's kind of the heart of what'scommonly referred to as Museum
Mile, which is the most diverse art viewing stretch of mile in
the country. It's on 5th Ave. and it runs
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from 80th St. to 80th, 4th St. with the main entrance at 82nd
St. One quick note to remember here
is the Met is actually closed onWednesdays, but Sunday to
Tuesday and Thursday it's open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and
then Friday and Saturday extended hours from 10:00 AM to
9:00 PM. If you're up for the amount of
walking, our recommendation would be to actually start at
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the bottom of Central Park. Walk the roughly 20 blocks to
the Met through the park. You can.
You can see some amazing spots like Gapstow Bridge, the Mall
and Literary Walk, Bethesda Fountain, the Conservatory Water
and Alice in Wonderland statue, the Obelisk, and then you'll end
up right next to the Met and youcan go in from there.
Quite a bit of walking to do this option, however, we highly
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recommend visiting Central Park while you were in New York City
and highly recommend going to the Met and easy to combine
these things to have a really, really awesome good half day
experience, at least if you're walking through Central Park and
seeing the Met. Going to a museum, especially
one like the Met, can be overwhelming if you don't have
art education or don't really know what to look for.
So Kylie is going to give us some great insights as to how to
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maximize your experience at a museum.
I think that most people who go to museums feel that way.
It's a little bit daunting to walk into any museum because
you're not an expert. I feel that way when I go into,
you know, Natural History museums.
I'm like bones. I don't know, like that's not my
thing. But I think that no matter what
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type of museum you're going to, if you can understand like your
why behind your wanting to be there.
Are you going there to get the gram?
Like that's fine. Are you going there because you
have a friend like me who's making you go?
That's also fine. Are you going because you have
hours to kill before your flight?
Are you going because you genuinely want to learn
something? All of those are super valid.
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But if you can clarify your why before you go, you can set
yourself up for success a littlebit better.
When people have less than desirable museum experiences,
it's because they have too high of expectations of themselves or
of the art that they're going tosee.
And when you're talking about the Met, possibly the best Art
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Museum in our country, there's going to be too much to see in
one regular visit. It would be not fun for anybody
to try and see everything at theMet, But if you can go in and go
in with a game plan that's connected to your why, that's
going to make your museum experience so much more fun for
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you. And then the other thing, as
we're talking about the Met specifically in art museums, if
you're not art educated, that's OK.
Museums have shifted, and I think this is part of the
hesitation for a lot of people. Museums have shifted a lot, I'd
say, in the past 10 years to really be more inclusive of
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people and accessibility for education level about the topics
that they're presenting. I find that museums are getting
better at creating guides for you.
The museum does a little bit of the heavy lifting for you if you
can use the materials and have alittle bit of wherewithal before
you go or as you arrive to checkout the website, check out their
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Instagram or just like pick up that guide at the beginning
because they will usually give you some highlights.
So if you're going for the gram,you'll probably want to go find
those highlights. If you're going with someone who
loves it and you're just along for the ride, maybe identify one
piece that you want to see. There are so many famous pieces
that you have seen in the textbook at the Met.
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Identify one of those and that will make your connection to the
museum stronger. If you've chosen something and
identified it and seen it, that will be something that you can
say, oh, I saw that. I recognize that from a video I
saw in 3rd grade art class. You know, if you can find
something like that, that will make your experience a little
more enjoyable. And that actually leads us to
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this episode. You have to check it out.
Segment the. Next stop is.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir The Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis Reservoir is a massive water reservoir smack dab in the
middle of Central Park that was originally completed in 1862.
Back in those days, it actually was heavily used for getting
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water to residents of New York City.
It was later decommissioned and in 1994 it was renamed to the
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir to commemorate her
many contributions to the city. Beyond all that little quick
history, it is arguably one of the most beautiful parts in all
of Central Park. You get water views, building
views of both Upper East Side, Upper West Side, and the Midtown
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skyline. And the trees around it are
phenomenal. In the fall.
Beautiful fall foliage in the spring, cherry blossoms.
I mean, it is probably one of the best spots to walk around in
Central Park. Definitely one of the best
walking spots in the city, especially if you have been in
New York for a couple days, you're maybe feeling a little
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bit overwhelmed and over stimulated with all the noise
and all the people. This is a great spot to take a
nice little walk, see some nature, check out some cool
birds. Just take a load off, walk
around the reservoir. And it's close to the Met, so
you could very easily do it before or after your Met
experience. It's about a mile and a half if
you want to walk the entire reservoir, which we recommend.
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So that's this episode. You'll have to check it out.
Segment Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central
Park. OK, now back to the Met.
Stand clear of the closing doors, please. 1-2, Arguably the
most important part. What famous art is at the Met?
So there are over 1.5 million total works in the Mets archive,
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of which 10s of thousands are actively on display.
So there is a ton to see. What they do that's nice is they
kind of segment it into different collections and
departments, which can make yournavigation experience a little
bit easier. Do know that you don't need to
memorize any of it. There are plenty of workers
throughout that you can go up toand say, hey, I'm trying to get
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to the American way. How do I do that?
And they will direct you. But some of the famous ones in
popular, there's an entire Egyptian art section, the
American wing like we mentioned,Greek and Roman art, Islamic
art, arms and armor, modern and contemporary art, the Costume
Institute, Asian art. I mean, there is so, so much.
Truly, every time I go to the Met I feel like I find a
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different new favorite piece of art.
We asked Kylie some of her favorite spots within the Met
and she had some wonderful insights.
Yes, exactly the Met according to Kylie.
This is again just my preferences and my favorites I'm
showing here, so it's going to be different for everybody.
That's my caveat. But also there are some just
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iconic things in the Met that I never miss when I visit there.
So this is pretend you're on thetour with me.
The first stop we always make isthe Temple of Indoor, which is
probably the most iconic spot inthe Met.
It's been in film and television, like it's an iconic
spot, but it's the ancient Egyptian temple from like 15
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BCE. It's beautiful and the the
glass, the architecture of the Met really works well with the
way they've set up the little exhibition of, of the temple.
And it has the ancient antiquities artifacts around it
as well as you, you can kind of explore.
But having that intact temple isjust what a cool thing.
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So I never miss that when I go to the Met.
And it's also what a cool thing to be able to see antiquities of
that age. In America.
We have a lot of pieces from, you know, First Nations and that
has that type of age. But to see stuff from the other
side of the world, we don't havea lot of that in the United
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States and our museums. So it's a cool opportunity.
I need to see that kind of thingover here.
So that's always my first stop. My second stop is the American
Wink. I believe that if you're at the
Met, you ought to go check out the American art.
And it's one of the best American art collections,
obviously. And there are two favorites I
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have here. John Singer Sargent is an
American artist. He's possibly my favorite artist
total, but his piece Madam X, it's his most famous work.
It's huge scale portrait of thisbeautiful woman and that she's
kind of mysterious and always has been.
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But Madam X, that portrait is inthe American wing along with
other sergeants. But that's that's the most
famous. And then while you're in the
American wing, check out Washington crossing the
Delaware. That is 1 you will have seen in
your textbooks and also spoofed a million times in a variety of
contexts. But I find that I'm still just
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blown away by the scale of that piece.
And it also provides a great opportunity to talk about
historical record in art and what's true, what's not true,
what was the purpose behind creating that art.
And it can lead to some really fascinating discussions if
you're into that with the peopleyou're with.
If not, just go look at the scale of it for nothing else
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because it's pretty remarkable. And then I have AI cheated.
The Costume Institute at the Metis obviously iconic.
The Met Gala every year is now such a moment and for good
reason that that Met Gala every year opens the new exhibition of
the Costume Institute and then it closes later in the year.
That happens every year. And some of my very, very
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favorite exhibitions I've ever seen at any Art Museum have been
those Costume Institute exhibitions.
So that's always worth checking out.
Usually an extra cost but I think well worth it.
It's just a cool opportunity to see sometimes art on the wall.
It can get kind of boring after a while and to see something
more visceral, something that's not 2 dimensional can be a
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breath of fresh air in the Met as well.
So if you can't do the Costume Institute, if you're there on
the offseason, I then always recommend to go find the
Impressionists, the European artcollection.
Most museums try to advertise their Impressionism because it's
probably the most famous for us Western educated people.
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It's just the Impressionist era.The Van Gogh, then Renoir, the
Pizarro, the Degas, the Monet. Those are the things that we
kind of are familiar with. They're on dorm room posters,
they're on umbrellas, they're oneverything.
But then to see the actual piece, it's usually kind of
breathtaking. There is a tactility to it.
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There is a depth of color, a depth of light, and a depth of
movement that the impressionistswere trying to capture.
And it's pretty remarkable to see in person.
You can see those things at the MO MA as well, and other museums
around New York City. But if you're only going to the
Met or if you just have a coupleminutes, it's always worth
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visiting those because they willprobably be more familiar to
you. And that's always kind of a fun
boost as well. And it's pretty awesome to see
the Temple of Denture and you know, Van Gogh sunflowers on the
same day in the same place. That's a cool thing for me, at
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least. It makes me excited.
So that's that's kind of how I like to visit the Met.
Make sure, make sure I hit, you know, our antiquities, hit the
costumes if I can hit the American art because I think
it's the best collection of it, and then a bonus to the European
art because that's a personal favorite of mine.
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Well, that gives you some phenomenal insights on places to
go on the Met. We do want to mention some of
our own personal favorites as well.
We are going to highlight some of our personal favorites.
The first on that list is the Temple of Dandoor.
Also love the Horse fair by RosaBonheur.
It's a massive, massive painting.
There's a bunch of tapestry rooms and really intricate rugs
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which are worth checking out, and then a whole load of names
that you would recognize like Jackson Pollock, Vincent van
Gogh, Claude Monet Specifically.One of my favorites is Bridge
Over a Pond of Water Lilies. Very calming and peaceful.
Some other highlights within theMet are the irises by Vincent
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van Gogh. You have a really beautiful area
with Egyptian jewelry that can be fine in the Egyptian art
area. One of our favorite spots to
check out is the arms and armor collection.
It's literally an entire room ofancient armor and there's a
whole room of weapons and swordsand different guns from
different centuries and really, really cool area just to check
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out the different weapons and armor that they've used over the
last few thousands of years. Especially if you're going with
kids, I feel like kids always love the arms and armor
collection because it just feelsvery much like Knights in armor
and old weapons. And it's fun.
And there are some amazing arms on display like Ashley mentioned
guns, but also some beautiful swords and dating back to
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multiple thousands of years ago from all different types of
civilization. So plenty to see.
And throughout you'll also find many beautiful Tiffany stained
glass pieces. Specifically, Autumn Landscape
by Tiffany Studios is beautiful.Another one of our favorite
areas of the Met that we recommend checking out is the
Musical instruments wing. This is a very cool, very
unexpected area. When I think of the Met, I
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wouldn't think about seeing a wide array of different musical
instruments, but they have some of the first iterations of the
piano. They have musical instruments
from all over the world. And to me, it's really just
awesome to see how music and artare so intertwined and how much
a lot of these people really cared about making their musical
instruments really beautiful. There's very intricate designs
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on a piano from hundreds of years ago and all of the brass
instruments, and it's just a really cool area to check out.
You'll see musical instruments that you've even heard of before
in this area. As for how much it costs to get
into the Met, tickets are $30.00for adults, kids 12 and under
are free, $17.00 for students. They also have a slightly
discounted price for seniors. If you happen to have someone in
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your group that is from New York, New Jersey or Connecticut,
you can do pay as you Wish tickets.
Meaning you walk up to the counter and say I am a New York
resident and I would like to paya dollar or $5 or however much
you would like to pay for a ticket.
The Met does also offer tours. They do have some free tours
that are on a first come, first served basis, which probably
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means it's very hard to get those.
Your ticket cost $30.00 for an adult to get in.
There are many tours that are available for between 50 and
$60.00 for a 90 to 120 minute tour.
We have experienced tours at other museums and found it to be
very insightful, and we cannot recommend it enough for a place
like the Met where it is huge and there is a ton to see.
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And we'll actually let Kylie explain some reasons why she
thinks tours are a better optionif it's financially viable for
you. Again, it's all about your why.
I always recommend it if you feel like you have the financial
capacity and the time capacity to do it.
I think it's a fantastic way to experience a museum because
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they're going to provide the context that you won't be able
to gather yourself from reading labels or that you would need a
semester of art history to gather.
You know, a tour is going to do that for you.
And so I always recommend a museum tour.
My husband is not a museum Art Museum person, but he's kind of
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learned to become one. In the museum where I worked, he
would often come to exhibition openings and there would be a
tour of the exhibition led by the curator or the educator on
that exhibition. And he, my husband would always
say, I'm so glad I took the tour.
Now I understand why this matters.
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Or now I understand why there's a whole exhibition of this.
Or now I want to do more research about this time period
or about this artist or about this concept or about this, you
know, larger global theme that the artist is exploring.
That's the purpose of art museums is to make you curious.
Art is human expression of an emotion or an event or both.
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And being able to explore those through art is a meaningful
experience. But sometimes it can feel
sometimes literally abstract if we're talking about more
contemporary artwork. And it can be hard to understand
those themes or those emotions. But if you have that guide from
a tour, it's going to give that to you so that you can then just
jump right into it. Lowers the bar to jumping into
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experiencing the art. If you are interested in doing a
tour of the Met, check the description of this episode and
we will link out to a couple options.
One of the last things we want to talk about is just some
general tips for museums overall, but specifically the
Met. We've talked about some of these
and other ones, but either come at the very beginning of the day
or near the end for fewer crowds.
Just know it's going to be crowded.
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It, like we mentioned it is the most visited museum in the
United States. So it will be busy probably no
matter when you go or what day of the week.
So just be prepared. For that, another tip for
avoiding big crowds is if possible, go to the Met on a
weekday and not a weekend. As with any tourist attraction,
the weekend is always going to be a lot busier, so if you have
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the flexibility and can go to the Met on a Thursday or even a
Friday, that will be better thangoing on a Saturday or Sunday in
regards to the crowds. There are multiple cafes within
the Met, but our recommendation is to eat before going.
We've eaten at one of the cafes before.
It was very expensive and very mediocre.
So go eat beforehand. We will link to an article on
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our website about a little mini guide for an afternoon on the
Upper East Side where we recommend a couple different
restaurants but plan on staying at the Met for at least an hour
to two hours. You could spend all day long.
You could get there at 10 AM andstay until 5:00 PM and only
scratch the surface. So it all comes down to your
personal preferences and your kind of desires for the museum.
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Another. Tip is to ideally save museum
day for a day where the weather might not be as great.
If you're coming in the middle of the summer, you could pick
your museum day based on the daythat it's going to be the
hottest. You could pick your museum day
based the day that it's going torain or snow.
Just keep in mind a lot of otherpeople may also have that idea,
but it's a great way to spend anafternoon when the weather
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outside is kind of crappy if you're in a museum.
We wouldn't recommend bringing back bags possible they do allow
them in they will just need to be searched and if you have a
backpack they make you wear it on the front.
So I don't recommend bringing bags if you can wear comfortable
shoes. And little pro tip here is bring
headphones. So a lot of them will have just
the little labels and plaques that you can read with
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information about the pieces. But if you download the
Bloomberg Connects app and bringheadphones, there are audio
explanations and audio guides for many of the pieces inside
the Mets. So if you're not going to pay
for a dedicated tour, this is like the next best option.
I personally love using the audio guide.
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It's very user friendly. You basically download the app,
you click on the Met Museum and you go up to a painting and you
just type in the number associated with the painting and
it'll pull up a description. Sometimes the description will
have even more information that's on the plaque.
One thing I really like about this app and doing the audio
guide is that you get to learn about the art without just
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sitting there and reading the plaque.
You get to hear the description while you're looking at the art
and you're not looking at a large explanation on the plaque
next to you. You actually get to learn about
it and be taking in the art at the same time, which I find to
be more time efficient and more enjoyable.
If you are going to the museum with kids, they do have some
family guides and audio guides specifically for children on
their website. We will link to those as well.
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The last tip on our list is don't try to see the whole
museum in one day. It's truly not possible.
There are so many different wings and so many different
pieces of art that you can see. We recommend trying to pick a
couple wings to tackle in a day.Maybe each person in your group
picks the area that they really want to see and you go and do
that and just try to explore andlook around on your way from
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section to section. Don't try to do the whole thing
in one day. It's not possible and you'll
just be really tired. OK, quick segue into this
episode's New York Know how? This is a quick one.
Subway stations, while many of them have both Uptown and
downtown in the same entrance oron the same platform, some
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subway stations have specific Uptown or specific downtown
entrances and platforms. And some of them, if you go to
the Uptown side, but you actually need to go downtown,
you can't even crossover. You have to go back out and up
to the street, find the downtownside and go down there.
O once you've found your entrance, just double check the
sign and clarify that it doesn'texlicitly say Uptown or
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downtown. If it doesn't exlicitly say
either of those things, that usually means that both
directions are available at thatplatform.
The last thing you want is to beattempting to go Uptown and you
get on and suddenly you're goingthe wrong direction.
So make sure you're looking at the signs.
Make sure you are in the correctentrance so you can go the
right. Way and that's this episode's
New York Know How segment. OK, back to the Met, right?
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We learned a lot from Kylie. We hope that you found her
insights helpful for making yourexperience at the Met a little
bit better. We definitely recommend checking
out the Met and again, if it is financially viable for you, a
guided tour at the Met will helpyou have a much, much better
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For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Dateline NBC
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