Added: Jan 9, 2009

From: emeritamanansala

Duration: 10:14

A great art collection like one would easily find in The Metropolitan Museum of Art feeds the heart and soul. The Museum is one of the world's largest and finest, with a collection of more than 2 million art works spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1895, it has more than 1.5 million sq.ft of exhibition space.A tour of this awesome place is not possible in a single visit. - it's a city within a city, really, and its easier to get lost here than in Central Park. It is a place for dreamers, thinkers, and time travelers. It is a world where you can connect to people and cultures that are long vanished. This video covers the medieval gallery collections and the famous European Collection on the 2nd floor. From the Great Hall, we ascended the grand staircase to the Museum's outstanding collection of European paintings, covering the Renaissance to the 19th century. I took photos very selectively of great masterpieces by Renoir, Manet, Degas, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Picasso, and many others. On the way to the museum (which is located in the upper Eastside of Manhattan, along the Museum Mile), I also took video shots of familiar sights and landmarks along famous Fifth Avenue-- St. Thomas Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Barnes and Noble, Empire State, the Philippine Center, etc.

Channel: Travel

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