From the March issue: 1880: The Met’s biggest donation to date — its first building The Metropolitan Museum of Art moved into its current home on Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street 138 years ago this month with, as the New York Times reported, an audience of about 1,000 gathered to witness the new building’s dedication by President Rutherford B. Hayes. When the museum was established nearly a decade earlier, it had no artifacts or collections to exhibit […]
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