Metropolitan Museum of Art

Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, is one of the world's largest and finest museums. The mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit and stimulate appreciation for the advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality in accordance with the highest professional standards. To the end it advances the general knowledge and the study of the fine arts.