One a few Fridays ago, my friends and I decided to begin our journey towards the Metropolitan Museum. As a freshman at Baruch, I once again scheduled the Global Studies. Being in this class, students must complete at least 2 museum visits and reports throughout the course of the semester. Setting on the idea for early preparation, we step into the uptown 6 train station and took the train to 77 Street. We got a bit lost in the beginning but everything worked out in the end with our great sense of direction. Arriving at the museum, we visited two sites: The Mesopotamia and Ancient China Civilization. I have to admit that although this isn’t my first visit, I still discovered new things. And I also learned that if time travel is ever applicable in the near future that I got to be careful about the time period that I travel back to. We explored around the museum for approximately 4 hours before we, girls decided to end our adventure and head back to our good old comfy homes. The trip was ok, in my opinion. This was probably due to the fact that I went with a narrow perspective, looking specifically for ancient civilization artifacts rather than just enjoying myself. I really recommend the Metropolitan Museum of Art for those who like to learn history visually. The museum is really big and offers a wide variety of galleries, extremely convenient to examine legacies from different regions and eras.
Here a few pictures of the MET from the outside. From the pictures, you catch a glimpse of the beautiful fountain built right outside the MET entrance.
Also a reminder: You must purchase tickets to enter the exhibitions. You can give as much as you like but you must give an amount > 0.