The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This course is a part of Arts & humanities partners, a 11-course Topic series from Khan Academy.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870, is one of the world’s largest and finest museums. Its collections span more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. The Museum’s 2.4 million-square-foot building has vast holdings represented by a series of collections, each of which ranks in its category among the best in the world. Last year, the Museum had about 30 million unique visits to its website (metmuseum.org) and more than six million visitors to its two New York locations—its main building along Fifth Avenue and The Cloisters, its branch for medieval art and architecture in northern Manhattan.

This course contains 2 segments:

82nd & Fifth

The Met's 82nd & Fifth is an award-winning online series, in which curators talk about works of art that have changed the way they see the world: one curator, one work, two minutes at a time. http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/

#MetKids: Made for, with, and by kids

#MetKids is a digital feature made for, with, and by kids. With fun facts and creative projects for the galleries or at home, #MetKids has been inspired, tested, and approved by real kids ages 7–12. Be part of it!