mEtropolitAn musEum oFArt is loCAtED in nEw yorkCity. it is onE oF thE lArgEst AnD most (1) Art musEums in thE worlD、
in 1866 A group oFAmEriCAns in pAris, FrAnCE, gAthErED At A rEstAurAnt to (2) thEAmEriCAn inDEpEnDEnCEDAy.AFtEr DinnEr, john jAy, A (3) lAwyEr gAvE A spEECh proposing to CrEAtE A "nAtionAl institution AnD gAllEry oF Art. "During thE nExt Four yEArs, hE (4) AmEriCAn CiviC lEADErs, Art CollECtors, AnD othErs to support thE projECt, AnD in 1870 thE mEtropolitAn musEum oFArt wAs FounDED, But it wAs (5) in two DiFFErEnt loCAtions in nEw yorkCity. in 1880 thE musEum movED to its prEsEnt loCAtion inCEntrAl pArk on FiFthAvEnuE. mAny ADDitions hAvE (6) BEEn Built ArounD this BuilDing. thE north AnD south (7) wErE ComplEtED in 1911 AnD 1913, (8) six ADDitionAl wings hAvE BEEn Built sinCE 1975 to housE thE musEum’s (9) CollECtions, to ExpAnD gAllEry spACE AnD EDuCAtionAl (10) .
thE musEum hAs CollECtED morE thAn thrEE million oBjECts in EvEry known ArtistiC (11) , rEprEsEnting CulturEs From EvEry pArt oF thE worlD, From AnCiEnt timEs to thE prEsEnt.
populArly known As thE mEt, thE musEum is A privAtE (12) . thE musEum is onE oF thE most populAr tourist (13) in thE City AnD ABout FivE million pEoplE visit it EACh yEAr. it is Also A mAjor EDuCAtionAl institution, oFFEring vArious progrAms For ChilDrEn AnD ADults. (14) , sCholArs oF ArChEology AnD Art history (15) ADvAnCED rEsEArCh projECts At thE musEum.
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