Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Directions to Main Building By Subway/Bus From The Cloisters: Take the M4 bus directly to 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue. From East Side of Manhattan: Take the train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth Avenue; or take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street. From West Side of Manhattan: Take the train to 86th Street, then the M86 crosstown bus across Central Park to Fifth Avenue. From Penn Station: Take the M4 bus to 83rd Street and Madison Avenue. See the MTA website for bus and subway maps. By Car From The Cloisters, Bronx, Northern New Jersey, and New England: Take southbound Henry Hudson Parkway to 96th Street exit; cross Central Park and turn right on Fifth Avenue; enter Museum parking garage at 80th Street. From Brooklyn and Staten Island: Take Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, or Battery Tunnel to northbound/uptown FDR Drive; exit at 96th Street; turn left on York Avenue; turn right on 86th Street; turn left on Fifth Avenue and enter Museum parking garage at 80th Street. From Southern New Jersey: Take New Jersey Turnpike to Holland Tunnel���Uptown exit; northbound Hudson Street becomes Eighth Avenue, which becomes Central Park West; at 86th Street, turn right and cross Central Park; turn right on Fifth Avenue and enter Museum parking garage at 80th Street. From Bronx, Queens, Long Island, Upstate New York, and New England via Triborough Bridge: Take southbound/downtown FDR Drive to 96th Street exit; turn left on York Avenue; turn right on 86th Street; turn left on Fifth Avenue and enter Museum parking garage at 80th Street. From Queens and Long Island via Queensborough Bridge: Use either level; take right-lane exit onto 60th Street (westbound); at Madison Avenue, turn right and drive north/uptown; turn left on 81st Street then left on Fifth Avenue; enter Museum parking garage at 80th Street. BACK TO TOP Directions to The Cloisters For more information, call 212-923-3700, ext. 7133, during Museum hours. From Main Building From Madison Avenue and 83rd Street, take M4 bus directly to the last stop (Fort Tryon Park���The Cloisters). By Subway/Bus Take the M4 bus directly to the last stop (Fort Tryon Park���The Cloisters) or take the train to 190th Street, exit station by elevator, and walk north along Margaret Corbin Drive for approximately 10 minutes; to avoid walking, transfer to the M4 bus and ride one stop north. See the MTA website for bus and subway maps. By Car Take Henry Hudson Parkway northbound to first exit after George Washington Bridge (Fort Tryon Park���The Cloisters). This exit is accessible only from northbound lane; if coming from the north, take Henry Hudson Parkway southbound to exit 14���15, make U-turn, and travel north one mile to exit marked Fort Tryon Park���The Cloisters.

Tue-Thu & Sun 9:30am-5:30pm; Fri-Sat 9:30am-9pm, 9:30a-5:15p Su & Tu-Th, 9:30a-8:45p F-Sa

Admission : Adults $20; Seniors and Students $10; Children (under 12) free
Collections: In formation since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times.

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