Over the past weekend I attended the Metropolitan museum near Central Park. Not that I wanted to go by choice, but to my surprise, I really ended up liking the museum. The reason I went was for my Art History class with professor Karen Shelby. The first thing I realized was how big the museum was. It stretched almost two blocks down, and was probably one of the biggest buildings I had ever seen in terms of length. Even the stairs seemed so grand, there were a bunch of tourists just taking pictures on the stairs in front of the museum. One thing I really liked was that the museum’s entry fee was just a suggested donation so pretty much anyone could go there. I personally only had three dollars so that was enough to get me into the museum.

Going to this museum helped me academically because I needed to go in order to pass my 100 point assignment in art history. However, aside from just the class it helped me academically because I learned a lot about different art during different time periods. For example, the Neoclassical art was much more intellectual as opposed to the Rococo art. Also the figures in the Neoclassical period were much more defined and toned compared to the art from the Rococo time period. I think I may have been to this museum once in middle school but I don’t remember if I have. I liked the organization of the museum because it was easy to find exactly what I was looking for. I liked how going to this museum fulfilled the requirement for art history and freshman seminar as well. It kind of shows that all ours classes as a freshman are connected.

Overall, going to the metropolitan was initially just for a requirement. However, after going I realized that I really liked it and would recommend it to every person who lives in New York.