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iStock.com/JannHuizenga With 17 curatorial departments, 2.2 million square feet of space, and more than 2 million works in its permanent collections, the Metropolitan Museum of Art colloquially known as The Met contains more treasures than most visitors will ever be able to see in a lifetime. It’s impossible to summarize the New York City museum’s history, contents, and legacy in just one list, but here are 12 facts that might make you view the storied institution in a new light. 1. The Met wasn t always enormous. The Met which opened its doors on April 13, 1870 was founded by a group of businessmen, financiers, artists, and cultural enthusiasts. Today, it’s known for its swanky digs on Museum Mile, a swath of Fifth Avenue that borders Central Park, but the institution was originally located in a much smaller building at 681 Fifth Avenue, which housed a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 European paintings. The Met’s collection quickly grew too large for the space ....
Patrons Lisa Moller (right) and her mom, Ellie Moller, take in the scene at the Denver Art Museum on March 3, 2021. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post) Every successful museum director leaves a legacy with the institution he or she leads. In the case of Christoph Heinrich, who has headed the Denver Art Museum since 2010, that will most likely center around the significant expansion of 19th-century European paintings in DAM’s collection. That’s saying something, since Heinrich has, in the same period, guided the museum through considerable development of its physical space, including the addition of a 50,000-square-foot administration building and the about-to-debut renovation and expansion of its historic, Gio Ponti-designed Martin Building. Both are benchmark moments in DAM’s 128-year history. ....
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