Rain was expected today meaning it was a good day for indoor activities, so we decided to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the MET as us New Yorkers call it.
We stepped outside straight into rain and walked through Central Park with our umbrellas to 5th Avenue. We knew we had arrived by the horde of people lining up to get in - surprisingly we are not the only tourists to think that visiting a museum on a rainy day is a good idea. As the day progressed the museum became even busier but the place is huge and set up in a way that there is plenty of space for people to move around the exhibits.
The museum had a very wide range of exhibits, including ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman artifacts, rooms with period furniture, and lots and lots of paintings, it was kind of a mix of art gallery and museum of ancient history. The place was well worth a visit, and the "pay what you want" model means there's less pressure to see everything in one visit.
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