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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) could be considered a "museum of museums" in which we find an example of the last 5000 years of history human told through various collections of art ranging from antiquity to the present day in disciplines such as painting, sculpture, architecture and costumes from all over the world.

This museum is considered one of the largest in the world with its collection of more than 2 million works of art from places as distant as ancient Egypt, Greece, Asia or the U.S. itself.

is located in Central Park, specifically at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Calle 82 in the eastern part of the park.

For updated schedules and costs, it is best to consult directly on their website: http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/general_information_spanish

also the website of the museum is possible to get an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat we will to find ahead of time and thus to better plan our visit. It is impossible to see the whole museum in one day, so choose the areas or exhibits that most interest us.
In this link you can download the map of the museum in Castilian: http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/pdf/floorplan_spanish.pdf

As I said earlier, this museum going to be able to find works of art virtually any time and place, so I'm going to leave a small sample of what you can find it if you visit this macro-museum.

As we left, we find the library Gieger and Roman art, which highlight Greek Sculpture courtyard.

Nearby, we found a pleasant surprise, a reconstruction of the courtyard of the castle of Velez-Blanco (Almería).

In a nearby room, we can see the collection of medieval art, where there are lots of religious artifacts from around the world, and even a reconstruction of the gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid.

Another essential room of the museum, is the European sculpture court.

In this area dedicated to European decorative arts, we find several reconstructions of palatial rooms like this several times.

In the TEM, there is also room for a sample of medieval weapons and armor, which highlights the horses yard, where we can see reconstructions of knights on horseback, both well protected for battle.

Without doubt, one of the most important collections and visited the museum is devoted to Egyptian art. Over several rooms, we can see sculptures, mummies, sarcophagi and utensils of this important civilization.

A sample size of this museum is this, the Egyptian temple of Dendur, out of Lake Nasser as Debod Madrid's Temple, and rebuilt on a small pond in one of the rooms exposure.

After visiting the Egyptian area, we climbed the stairs to the main entrance to begin to see the rooms on the second floor.

started by the Boards of Asian art, Islamic and will make a stop at the entrance to the room of Assyrian art, guarded by two reliefs of winged lions with human heads, which formerly guarded the gates of the palace of Asumasirpal II.

continue our journey through time by different cultures of the Near and Far East such as Persia, India, Mongolia, Syria and Mesopotamia, where this relief from Babylonia.

And finally, in this second most abundant plant, which are the rooms of European paintings from all periods and styles, can find works by artists such as Monet, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Van Gogh Velazquez, than I leave her "Self Portrait with Straw Hat."