METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, History
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Language: English / USA
Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World.
Today I’ll be accompanying you on a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as the “Met”.
The Met is one of the largest and busiest art museums in the world, and as you can imagine, given its size, one day won’t be enough to enjoy all the marvelous works displayed here.
But let’s start at the beginning, when, at the end of the 19th century, a group of philanthropists and collectors, on the initiative of John Jay, a prominent US politician, decided to join forces – and their enormous art collections – to found a national art gallery....