Admission for adults is $12.00 and it is definitely worth the price because there is so much to see! You could spend days here and not see everything! We spent all day and saw a lot, but our feet were very sore.
The museum provides free tours, one of which is a museum highlights tour. We took this hour-long tour with a guide who was so insightful on the museum and all of its art. Plus, it is a nice introduction to the layout of the buildings and what there is to see.
We have learned our lesson about spending a whole day at a museum. This time we brought our own food instead of paying $3.00 for a bottle of soda alone. This proved to be a little tricky because some of the guards at the entrances didn't like it when people were bringing in backpacks. One of them told us to check our bag, so we went to another entrance and snuck by without any disruption. We pulled out our bread and sandwich fixings in the American wing cafeteria where we did get a couple of strange looks from people. But hey, we saved a bundle!
Bathrooms are everywhere and so are opportunities to shop for souveniers.
Some highlights of the museum are:
Tiffany's beautiful stained glass
Frank Lloyd Wright room
Rembrant paintings
A large Medieval collection
Temple of Dendur
Address:
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Phone:
212-535-7710
Website:
http://www.metmuseum.org/