- gatorgirl1977's Rating
One of the things I wanted to do during my trip to New York City was to visit the Metropolitan. Unfortunately, on my first attempt I went on Monday. The Met is closed on Mondays, so make sure you don't make the same mistake I did. However, on the last day of my stay in New York City, I finally made it to the Met when it was open. The suggested price for the Met is $15 for adults, and it was definitely worth every penny.
I definitely didn't allow enough time to view this museum. I devoted about 2 hours to it and probably could have used 2 days.
I started in the Egyptian artifacts collection. It was really very interesting and extensive. We saw numerous jewels and pottery from Egypt, along with carvings, etc. There was over 5 rooms dedicated to Egypt including a reproduction of one of the temples.
One of my favorite sections I viewed was the Impressionist galleries. There were numerous works by Degas, Monet, Manet, etc. The collection included not only prominent paintings but also numerous sculptures.
Overall, the only regret I have about the visit was that I didn't have enough time to truly see everything, or even half of everything. I can't wait to go back to New York to view more of this wonderful museum.
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