Explore The Met Collection
400,000+ public domain artworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by department. Choose a collection to drift through, or start with a random mix.
European Paintings
12th – 19th Century
Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Titian, and five centuries of Western masters. From Dutch Golden Age domestic scenes to grand Italian Renaissance altarpieces.
Egyptian Art
3000 BCE – 4th Century AD
One of the world's greatest collections of ancient Egyptian art — spanning pharaonic dynasties, funerary artifacts, papyri, sculpture, and decorated coffins.
Greek & Roman Art
Antiquity
Marble portrait busts, terracotta vases, bronze figures, and mosaic panels from ancient Greece and Rome — among the finest classical collections in the world.
Asian Art
Across Millennia
Japanese woodblock prints, Chinese porcelain and bronze vessels, Buddhist sculpture, silk paintings, and netsuke spanning the full breadth of Asian civilizations.
Medieval Art
300 – 1500 AD
Illuminated manuscripts, Gothic tapestries, Byzantine icons, reliquaries, and enamel works from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
Arms & Armor
Medieval to Modern
Tournament and battlefield armor, ceremonial swords, Japanese katana, and decorated firearms — among the finest arms and armor collections anywhere.
Drawings & Prints
Masters on Paper
Drawings, engravings, etchings, and woodcuts from Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Michelangelo, and hundreds more — art history in ink and pencil.
American Art
17th Century – Present
From colonial portraits to Hudson River School landscapes, Gilded Age grandeur, and American modernism — the story of art in America.
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