Many museums were built in the late 1800’s and were structured to have a romantic and elite kind of feel, and were originally targeted and operated for a higher class of people. They came about in an unscrupulous way and were viewed for specific things. Artifacts from wars and specific times in history were primarily what were kept in museums which were used to educate and provide the public with evidence of past events. Some museums were publically funded and some privately funded, which still holds true to this day. However over time the way art was made and viewed evolved along with what was placed in museums. Art today is more accessible and is spread through a broader audience.
The Metropolitan Museums of Art known as the “MET” is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central park in New York City. It was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens; its founders included businessmen and financers along with leading arts and thinkers of the 1800s whose goal was to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. It officially opened on February 20, 1872. Its collection contains more than two million works of art and is currently divided into nineteen curatorial departments. Works of art that are stored in the met vary from artifacts from Ancient Egypt, painting and sculptures from many European masters, and a large collection of American and modern art. The MET also contains holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Islamic and Byzantine art and is home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, antique weapons and armor from around the world and costumes and accessories from various time periods.
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