The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue)

From an Egyptian temple to Van Gogh; a day isn't enough

⚠ Closed Wednesdays

Hours

Sun, Mon, Tue and Thu 10am–5pm; Fri and Sat 10am–9pm; closed Wednesday

Tickets

Adults $30, 65+ $22, students $17, 12 and under free. Pay-what-you-wish only for New York State residents and NY/NJ/CT students. Buy online or at the door

Address

1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, on the east edge of Central Park

Climb the broad steps off Fifth Avenue, pass the columns, and you soon realise half a day won't cover even one wing. Most people head first to the Temple of Dendur, moved stone by stone into a glass-walled hall, then up to the European paintings, where Van Gogh, Monet and Rembrandt hang room after room. The Arms and Armor court, with its line of armoured knights on horseback, is another favourite. Plenty of reviewers spent five hours and only managed Egypt and the European galleries, so pick two or three sections before you go in.