On Saturday, October 7, 2017, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since I’m not an art fanatic and I don’t usually find museums to be interesting, I brought with my friend Brandi along to make the experience more fun. This was my first time at the MET and it definitely was not boring. I was impressed by the artwork that I saw But before I get to the exhibits, let me start by describing the breathtaking view on the way there. The walk on Museum Mile is very scenic and beautiful at night. We walked through an aisle of manicured trees and on the other side of them was a water fountain that overflowed but didn’t get the sidewalk wet somehow. There was also a trumpet player in a corner playing nice jazzy music which really added to the ambiance of the museum. Then we came to the stairs of the museum where many patrons and tourists sat and took selfies. At the top of these stairs, you can see an overarching view of the scene I just described.

Once we got inside, in the main lobby, there was a huge marble sculpture of an Egyptian pharaoh that glistened in the light. It was so beautiful that we had to see more, so we started with the Egyptian art exhibit. This was my favorite exhibit. Everything — the sculptures of pharaohs, scribes, and captives, the ceramic house decorations, the miniature models of everyday life in an Egyptian city, and the open tombs that didn’t have mummies in them — was so fascinating to me. I thought I had seen it all until I went into an adjoining room and saw a long black pool (maybe representing the Nile River)  with sculptures of a Pharaoh and his queen, of different Egyptian gods, and of course, of the famous Sphinx surrounding it. This room was by far the most awe-inspiring thing I had seen all night.

That’s not all we saw. We also went to the American Art, Medieval Art, and Neoclassical art exhibits before the museum closed. Overall, I had a great time at the MET. Everyone should go. And even if you aren’t an art fanatic, like me, you can still have a really good time.