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The Metropolitan Museum of Art was already the largest museum in New York but now it is pushing its walls again! The famous New York museum opens today a new branch, the Met Breuer, in the monumental building built in 1960 by the architect Marcel Breuer, at the corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street, about ten minutes away walk.
The Met Breuer is actually the former home of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the museum of American art that moved to the Meatpacking District in October 2014.
Two first exhibitions
The Met Breuer is placed under the supervision of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met, but the exhibitions will be very eclectic.
For the opening, two major exhibitions are on offer: a retrospective of the works of the Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, to be seen until June 5, 2016, and an exhibition entitled “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible” which questions itself until September 4, 2016 on what distinguishes an unfinished work from a finished work.
Note that the entrance ticket to the Met now includes access to the Met Breuer: to pay nothing more, you just have to chain the two museums on the same day.
Met Breuer
Address : 945 Madison Avenue, corner of 75th Street.
Subway : 68th Street – Hunter College.
Opening time : Tuesday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Entrance fee: € 22.57. Tickets are bookable, in French and in euros (or Swiss francs and Canadian dollars) on this page dedicated to tickets for the Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York. The admission ticket grants access to the Met, Met Breuer, and The Cloisters on the same day.
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