This past Friday I decided to take a trip to the Upper East Side and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, otherwise known as The Met. As I stepped onto the steps I realized that I was standing on the famous Met steps where they filmed one of my favorite shows, “Gossip Girl”, so of course I took a picture before entering the museum.

As I walked into the museum it occurred to me that I was also standing in the very place that the famous and extravagant Met Gala occurs every year.  I then purchased my ticket, which is originally $25 for adults, but since I am a student I only paid $12. I didn’t know where to start in the museum, so I went to my left and as I walked in I saw many types of bowls, vases, and little statues. All of these pieces were from the 6th century and from Greece. As I looked around there were also terracotta vases, bronze helmets and armor. I walked further down the hallway and then I saw bigger statues and I immediately knew that they were Greek pieces of art as well because last summer I visited Greece and the museums I went to there featured very similar pieces. Despite the age of the statues they were still pretty in tact, but some were missing a few features. For instance, one statue was missing an arm, the other one was missing a foot, and so on.

 

 

I walked around the museum some more and I saw many beautiful pieces of art. I’m not a big fan of art, but some of these pieces truly caught my attention. I then some how ended up in the World War 1 visual art exhibit. This exhibit figured many pieces of propaganda, both positive and negative. As I was about to leave the museum I visited a section that contained only religious types of paintings and crosses. I found the detailing to be beautiful and it reminded me of something that I would see in a church today.

  

Since, the museum is huge I wasn’t able to go visit all of the exhibits, but I will defiantly be back soon to finish exploring what the Met has to offer. Overall my experience was great and it allowed me to learn about the different cultures of different centuries.

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