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- Temple of Dendur: Built around 15 BC for the Roman emperor Augustus on the Nile, this temple was given by Egypt to the United States in 1965 and rebuilt in the Sackler Wing in 1978. A slanted glass wall faces Central Park, so the sandstone glows in afternoon light, and carved graffiti from 19th-century visitors is still visible on the stone.
- Tomb of Perneb: A real Old Kingdom mastaba chapel from about 2400 BC, one you can walk into. The painted reliefs of offerings and cattle are crisp, and it is usually far quieter than the temple.
- Washington Crossing the Delaware: Emanuel Leutze’s painting is enormous, around 12 by 21 feet, and hangs in the American Wing. Seeing the scale in person explains why it became the most reproduced image of the Revolution.
- Charles Engelhard Court and the American Wing:
- Temple of Dendur: Built around 15 BC for the Roman emperor Augustus on the Nile, this temple was given by Egypt to the United States in 1965 and rebuilt in the Sackler Wing in 1978. A slanted glass wall faces Central Park, so the sandstone glows in afternoon light, and carved graffiti from 19th-century visitors is still visible on the stone.
- Tomb of Perneb: A real Old Kingdom mastaba chapel from about 2400 BC, one you can walk into. The painted reliefs of offerings and cattle are crisp, and it is usually far quieter than the temple.
- Washington Crossing the Delaware: Emanuel Leutze’s painting is enormous, around 12 by 21 feet, and hangs in the American Wing. Seeing the scale in person explains why it became the most reproduced image of the Revolution.
- Charles Engelhard Court and the American Wing: A sunlit sculpture garden with a Tiffany loggia, a Frank Lloyd Wright living room and period rooms from colonial New England onward. It makes a good seat for resting your legs.
- Vermeer and the Dutch galleries: The Met owns five Vermeers, small and luminous, among Rembrandts and Hals. Stand close to the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher and watch the light on the brass and window.
- Arms and Armor: The central hall displays knights on armored horses in a full procession, with Japanese samurai armor nearby. It is the kind of room that makes kids and cynics equally quiet.
- Van Gogh’s Cypresses: The thick, swirling brushwork of this Post-Impressionist painting is much more physical in person than in prints. The nearby Monet and Cézanne rooms make this one of the best stretches of the building.
- Cantor Roof Garden: Open seasonally, roughly from late spring into fall, with a commissioned installation and a view across the tops of the Central Park trees to the Midtown skyline. Bring a drink order and a camera.
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