- Year
- 2014
- Category
- Concepts · Architecture +Light
- Type
- Cultural
- Status
- Built
- Location
- New York, United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in New York City in 1870, is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the ten largest in the world. The founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. The Museum’s new, completely redesigned David H. Koch Plaza officially opened in 2015, after a major two-year reconstruction effort. The massive outdoor space—which runs along Fifth Avenue for four city blocks, the entire length of the Museum’s landmark façade—now features completely new fountains, paving, lighting, allées and bosques of trees leading to the Museum’s entrances from north and south, and seating areas for visitors.