Google doodle dedicated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Today’s Google doodle is dedicated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which turns 151 this year.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly referred to as The Met, is one of the largest and most important art museums in the world. It was founded in 1872 and is located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. His collections contain more than two million works of art and include separate fields of Greco-Roman, Medieval, Islamic, Asian and contemporary art, as well as photographs, clothing, weapons and armor and musical instruments.

It also has a huge series of unique publications with a central theme of Art. You can also read some of these book titles online, completely free.

This large collection of books contains over 500 titles, which one can either read online or download as a PDF file on your device. Most books focus on Art from American to African. Met’s free e-books have a comprehensive table of contents and author information. However, electronics as opposed to print also include reviews from readers and a list of any awards each book has won.

Of particular interest is the section with the Greek and Roman exhibits, as well as the one with the musical instruments. In the European Painting Gallery, visitors can admire more than 2,500 paintings by European painters, as well as in the American Art Gallery, which exhibits George Washington’s paintings, sculptures and decorations from the colonial era, etc.

With a total of 1,500 employees, annual expenses of over $ 300 million and a subsidy of about $ 3 billion under the US system, according to the New York Times, the MET is more than just an impressive, gigantic New York City attraction.

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