| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House | Architectural Remnant | ||
| Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia | Architectural Remnant | ||
| Wentworth House Interiors | Architectural Remnant |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1866/07/04 | John Jay (NY Yacht Club) | Promoter | John Jay proposes the creation of a "national institution and gallery of art" | Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||
| 1870/04/30 | Met Board of Trustees | Trustees | Legislature of the State of New York grants an act of incorporation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||
| 1870/11/21 | The Met acquires its firt work of art | |||||
| 1871/00/00 | Joseph Hodges Choate | Trustee | 174 European paintings are added to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection | |||
| 1880/03/30 | Metropolitan Museum of Art opens to the public at its current site | Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||
| 1886/11/15 | Met Board of Trustees | Trustees | The Met's Board of Trustees approves the establishment of the museum's first three curatorial departments: Paintings, Sculpture and Department of Casts. | |||
| 1897/00/00 | John S Kennedy | Benefactor | John S Kennedy donates Washington Crossing the Delaware to The Met | Washington Crossing the Delaware | ||
| 1902/12/00 | Richard Morris Hunt | Architect | Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade and Great Hall opens | Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||
| 1910/00/00 | Henry Matisse | The Met becomes the first public institution to acquire a work by Henri Matisse. | ||||
| 1910/10/00 | Rembrandt's "Young Man with a Plumed Hat" is shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in a loan exhibition of paintings by old Dutch masters held in connection with the Hudson-Fulton celebration, September-November, MCMIX. | Young Man with a Plumed Hat (Rembrandt) | Hudson-Fulton Celebration | |||
| 1924/11/11 | American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens to the public. | Panel from the Ballroom at Gadsby's Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia | ||||
| 1932/00/00 | Herbert E Winlock | Work | Herbert E Winlock is named the director of the Metropolitan Museum, New York. | |||
| 1957/00/00 | Harriett Pullman Carolan | Benefactor | From Harriett's collection of exquisite clothes, a dress by Jean-Philippe Worth is donated to the Brooklyn Museum. In 2009, the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection was gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. | |||
| 2020/00/00 | "The Masque of the Red Death", an India ink on graphite illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, is donated to The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City, a gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler. It is not always on view. | Tales of Mystery and Imagination (collection) |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters |
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| Particulars for The Met Fifth Avenue, NYC: | |
|---|---|
| Art Attribute | American Art |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Fine Arts |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Museum Type | Museum |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Age of Innocence (book) | Novel | Edith Wharton | Newland Archer meets Countess Olenska the Metropolitan Museum of Art. | |
| The Catcher in the Rye (book) | Book | J D Salinger | Setting |
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