Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest museums in the world with the largest number of visitors. It located next to the Central Park. I went to Metropolitan Museum of Art with my friends. The museum has three million pieces of the art collection, which includes the artworks in different periods such as the art of classical, ancient Egyptian art, European paintings from Thirteenth Century to the modern and contemporary, American artworks and so on.

We arrived at the museum at around 12 O’clock. There were not many people at that time. In the middle of the lobby is a large information desk. After we entered, the first thing that we did was to take the tourist map. The location and passages of each hall are clearly marked on the map. After we had taken the map, then made sure of the visiting route. We prepared a few minutes of planning to determine Chinese Art, European Paintings, and American Art exhibition halls were our main line. We visited a lot of artworks, but I’d like to point out that the 217 Exhibition Hall in the Asian Art was called Astor Court. When I walked in, it gave me the impression that was the ancient Chinese architectural style. From the doorway, it gave the impression of Suzhou Gardens. It was modeled on the Suzhou Nets Garden Palace to build a courtyard of China Ming Dynasty. Then, I searched online on the construction of the courtyard. Patron Astor spent his childhood in China, so the Astor foundation built the courtyard as a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The courtyard was officially opened in 1981, and the building was completed by twenty-six landscape builders from China. The courtyard of the palace called “Mingxuan” displayed furniture of China Ming Dynasty. Visiting museums is a way to nurture and observe the nature and society. By watching the artworks, we could know history, humanity, scientific knowledge of different periods.