The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a museum in Manhattan, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is situated nearby to Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as well as near American Museum of Natural History.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Central Park
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is situated 1,800 feet northeast of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. American Museum of Natural History is situated 3,100 feet west of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper East Side and Upper West Side.
Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7794° or 40° 46′ 46″ northLongitude
-73.9631° or 73° 57′ 47″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
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11874039
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