The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art for the first time on September 30 with my sister, and I was amazed at how big it was and the large variety of exhibitions they had. The first sight I visited was the Egyptian Arts as that was the first exhibition in front of me after I paid for my ticket and entered. I liked seeing the artworks and sculptures of Ancient Egypt as I learned a lot about them in art history so, I was able to make connections to these artworks to the ones we studied in class. My most favorite piece  was the tombs because I heard so much about them in the past, but never actually got to see them in person so, seeing them in person was cool. From Egyptian Arts, I visited the Chinese Arts, South Asian Arts, Medieval Arts, Korean Arts, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and Musical Instruments. It was amazing looking at all the jewelry, ceramics, paintings, and the sculptures (especially the really huge ones). I enjoyed seeing all the arts, but my most favorite was the Astor Chinese Garden Court. I loved seeing the Chinese-style buildings since, I don’t see it very often in New York; the amount of detail and effort the creators put in was evident in the pieces of art. The scenery inside the Court was beautiful, almost like it was out of a book; I really loved it. I would definitely go back so that I could check out the other parts of the museum I didn’t get to visit, and spend more time looking at the works of arts.

I visited the Met Shop because I was curious what they had, but the prices were too much; a keychain and a bookmark was around $12 each. I also visited the Met Shop where they were selling pieces of art and I saw a vase for around $300. However, the store did have many nice souvenirs that were cool: cards, books, post-its, pens, magnets, maps, etc.

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 .       -Suzy Qiu