The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Temple of Dendur, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Vermeer, Van Gogh and armour on horseback: the story behind what you are looking at, gallery by gallery.

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Optional paths through the museum.

60 minThe Met in an HourNine stops: a tomb chapel you walk into, William the hippo, the Temple of Dendur, Washington crossing the Delaware, Madame X, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Bruegel.9 pieces · 2 floors120 minThe Met's Masterpieces in Two HoursTwenty stops on both floors: a Greek kouros, Hatshepsut, the Temple of Dendur, a French king's armour, Giotto, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Velazquez, Bruegel, Van Gogh and Degas.20 pieces · 2 floors75 minRooms Moved WholeEleven places taken apart elsewhere and rebuilt inside the Met: an Egyptian tomb and temple, two Roman painted rooms, a Spanish choir screen, a Renaissance patio and a Frank Lloyd Wright living room.11 pieces · 1 floor50 minSmall WondersEleven small pieces for a close look: a marble harp player, William the hippo, a queen's jasper lips, a cat's coffin, a fly painted on a frame and a dish with a kneeling elephant.11 pieces · 2 floorsF55 minFrom Gothic Brick to GlassStone blocks that were never carved, a hall Hunt never saw, the first museum hidden inside the Lehman Wing, a Wall Street bank front, Roche's glass and a garden court installed by craftsmen from Suzhou.8 pieces · 2 floors

Don't miss

The Temple of DendurLevel 1

Washington Crossing the DelawareLevel 2

Young Woman with a Water PitcherLevel 2

Wheat Field with CypressesLevel 2

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)Level 2

The HarvestersLevel 2

From the outside

An independent audio guide by Roamer, not affiliated with or endorsed by the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum admission is separate. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and Pexels contributors under open licences; credits on each piece.