Things to Do at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Fifth Avenue building holds, in the museum's own words, over 5,000 years of art from around the world. It is at 1000 Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, along Fifth Avenue bordering Central Park. General admission is $30 for adults, $22 for seniors 65 and over, $17 for students, and free for children 12 and under; New York State residents and New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut students pay what they wish, with a $00.01 minimum per ticket. Weekend hours are 10 am-9 pm Saturday and 10 am-5 pm Sunday, and the museum is closed Wednesdays. Advance tickets are not required, but all visitors pass through a security check, so plan for lines at the entrances. One ticket covers exhibitions and same-day entry to both Met locations.