I Did It! Visit The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I Did It! Visit The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art



It was so easy to appreciate the careful attention to detail that made my visit to The Cloisters like stepping back in time to medieval Europe.

The Cloisters was designed and built as a museum of works of art from the Middle Ages. Opened to the public in 1938, The Cloisters, with its neo-medieval architecture, provides a harmonious context for the exhibition of its important collection, which includes architectural fragments that have been incorporated into the fabric of the building iteslf. The unique setting allows the works of art to be installed in a manner suggesting their original functions and situations.

An hour's ride by public transit from the Metropolitan Museum's main branch delivered me to a picturesque idyll replete with tapestries, sculpture and gardens in bloom. Bliss.