For our last day in New York (before we headed to the airport for our midnight flight to Spain) we had to make a choice between the Guggenheim museum and the Met. The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) won.
Although the Met is strong on traditional artforms like painting and sculpture, it could also be considered as a history museum. It has significant exhibit space dedicated to the art and artifacts of ancient societies like Egypt, Mesopotamia and various Eastern cultures.
The museum's collection of sculpture is substantial. In addition to the expected Greek and Roman art, there is also quite a lot of modern sculpture which you don't tend to see so much in European institutions.
The most famous painters of the last few centuries (Monet, van Gogh, Cezanne et al) are generally well represented together with a smaller number of famous older works dating from the pre 17th/18th centuries.
The Met has a very impressive collection of arms and armour from the middle ages. One of those areas where history and art overlap.
After departing the Met and before heading to the airport we dropped by the Guggenheim museum just to view the famous exterior. Viewing this façade was a fitting farewell to New York - a city with many famous structures and a lot to offer inside them.
Although the Met is strong on traditional artforms like painting and sculpture, it could also be considered as a history museum. It has significant exhibit space dedicated to the art and artifacts of ancient societies like Egypt, Mesopotamia and various Eastern cultures.
The museum's collection of sculpture is substantial. In addition to the expected Greek and Roman art, there is also quite a lot of modern sculpture which you don't tend to see so much in European institutions.
The most famous painters of the last few centuries (Monet, van Gogh, Cezanne et al) are generally well represented together with a smaller number of famous older works dating from the pre 17th/18th centuries.
The Met has a very impressive collection of arms and armour from the middle ages. One of those areas where history and art overlap.
After departing the Met and before heading to the airport we dropped by the Guggenheim museum just to view the famous exterior. Viewing this façade was a fitting farewell to New York - a city with many famous structures and a lot to offer inside them.
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