Met Museum Announces Weekend Closure, 8/27-28
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that, in compliance with New York City's preparations for Hurricane Irene and in anticipation of the announced shutdown of Metropolitan Transportation Authority service, the Museum will be closed to the public on Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28.
The Museum plans to reopen as usual on Tuesday, August 30 (the Museum is closed on all Mondays, except for Met Holiday Mondays).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue (from 80th to 84th Streets). Nearly five million people visit the Museum each year.
For more info: http://www.metmuseum.org/
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