The Met Fifth Avenue
Entrance facade | |
| Location | 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′46″N 73°57′47″W / 40.7794°N 73.9631°W |
| Director | Max Hollein |
| Public transit access | Subway: at 86th Street at 77th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M79, M86 SBS |
| Website | Official website |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architect | Richard Morris Hunt; also Calvert Vaux; Jacob Wrey Mould |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003556 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000338 |
| NYCL No. | 0410, 0972 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 29, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | June 24, 1986 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | June 9, 1967 (exterior) November 19, 1977 (interior) |
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The Met Fifth Avenue is the primary museum building for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The building is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along the Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan's Upper East Side.