The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 to bring art and art education to the American people. The Fifth Avenue building opened on February 20, 1872, at 681 Fifth Avenue.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Mission Statement
The ME mission statement: collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Vision Statement
the ME vision statement: to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Values
“Encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts”
Sources:
- https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art