单选题
Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City. It is one of the largest and most
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art museums in the world.
In 1866 a group of Americans in Paris, France, gathered at a restaurant to
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the American Independence Day. After dinner, John Jay, a
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lawyer gave a speech proposing to create a "national institution and gallery of art. " During the next four years, he
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American civic leaders, art collectors, and others to support the project, and in 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded, but it was
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in two different locations in New York City. In 1880 the museum moved to its present location in Central Park on Fifth Avenue. Many additions have
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been built around this building. The north and south
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were completed in 1911 and 1913,
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Six additional wings have been built since 1975 to house the museum"s
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collections, to expand gallery space and educational
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.
The museum has collected more than three million objects in every known artistic
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, representing cultures from every part of the world, from ancient times to the present.
Popularly known as the Met, the museum is a private
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. The museum is one of the most popular tourist
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in the city and about five million people visit it each year. It is also a major educational institution, offering various programs for children and adults.
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, scholars of archeology and art history
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advanced research projects at the museum.