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Upper East Side

October 04, 2012

Met Slashes 280 Planned Seats From Plaza Redesign

The Met plans cut 280 chairs from the originally planned 400.

Upper East Side

September 11, 2012

Met Drops Kiosks From $60M Plaza Overhaul Plan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has dropped the kiosks from its $60 million public plaza overhaul.

Upper East Side

July 17, 2012

Alexander McQueen Exhibit Helps Break Visitor Records for Met

The Met's 6.28M visitors for the last fiscal year was the highest since it began keeping track.

Upper East Side

February 16, 2012

Upper East Siders Block 'Starbucks' Part of Met Museum Plan

The UES comunity board rejected part of the plan that would bring seats and tables to the plaza. 

Upper East Side

February 14, 2012

Met Museum's $60M Plaza Would Be an Unwelcome 'Hangout,' Neighbors Say

Residents blasted the Met's plans to add 400 chairs and 100 tables at its Fifth Avenue entrance.

Upper East Side

February 07, 2012

David Koch Funding Major Metropolitan Museum of Art Plaza Renovation

Billionaire David Koch is paying for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's renovation of its Fifth Ave. plaza.

Upper East Side

September 26, 2011

Metropolitan Museum of Art Lauches Bigger, Better Website

The Metropolitan Museum of Art re-launched its website on Monday, giving online access to more than 340,000 works of art along with interactive maps and suggested itineraries. 

Upper East Side

August 11, 2011

Met Museum Apologizes to Members Over McQueen Line Mess

The Metropolitan Museum of Art sent a contrite letter to members this week apologizing for not letting them cut the long lines at final days of the Alexander McQueen show.

Upper East Side

August 08, 2011

Alexander McQueen Show Ranked Met's Eighth Most Popular Ever

The wildly popular Alexander McQueen show reached 661,509 visitors, making it the eighth most popular in the Metropolitan Museum's history. 

Upper East Side

July 28, 2011

Met Announces First-Ever Midnight Hours for Last Days of McQueen Show

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will stay open until midnight on Aug. 6 and 7 for the last days of the Alexander McQueen show, officials announced Thursday.

Upper East Side

June 03, 2011

Metropolitan Museum of Art Raises Suggested Fees

The Upper East Side icon will raise the optional admission charge to $25 on July 1 because of "budgetary challenges."

Upper East Side

November 10, 2010

Met Museum Returns 19 Artifacts from King Tut's Tomb to Egypt

The artifacts will return to Egypt in July after being displayed in Times Square.

Manhattan

August 10, 2010

Some of Manhattan's Museum Directors Live Luxuriously, Largely for Free

Directors of Manhattan's most prestigious museums, like the Met and MoMA, live in rent-free and tax-free apartments.

Upper East Side

April 20, 2010

Met to Unveil Landmark Picasso Exhibit

Beginning next Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is offering a first-ever exclusive focus on its collected works of Pablo Picasso.