What purpose does art and looking at them serve in our world? After all, museums can’t just exist for no reason, right?
Personally, I believe art can make you a better person. It strengthens your skill of being patient with things and others by requiring you to examine one artwork to another, finding a new detail every additional second. It allows you to become more observant as you are forced to look deeper than just the surface. I can go on about how art can make you a better person, but the spotlight of this blog doesn’t point towards that.
Instead, it points towards one of the most famous museums in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in Midtown Manhattan of New York City. The museum was built and established in 1870, more than 150 years ago. With the mission of demonstrating human ability and achievement over the course of centuries, the museum offers a wide range of art from different eras throughout history, from the Iron Age to the Romanticism Era and many more.
Visiting the MET at around 12:30 PM today, the line to enter the museum itself was extended to the outside, with an even longer line inside of the museum to purchase tickets. This may be heavily influenced by the “post-quarantine era” of our world right now combined with the beginning of summer break, causing a huge boom in touristry.
When we received our tickets and began our adventure throughout the museum, here are some artworks we found intriguing.
If you don’t mind long lines and viewing art in crowded spaces (that are respectfully quiet), then the MET awaits you to partake in the adventure.
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