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[[File:Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|300px|right]]
 
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The art is organized into twenty-two "curatorial departments."<ref>http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/curatorial_departments</ref>  
 
The art is organized into twenty-two "curatorial departments."<ref>http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/curatorial_departments</ref>  
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Notable works of art on display at the museum include a print of [[Katsushika Hokusai]]'s ''The Great Wave off Kanagawa'', a print of [[Albrecht Dürer]]'s ''Melencolia'', five paintings by [[Jan Vermeer|Johannes Vermeer]] (the largest collection anywhere in the world), thirty-seven paintings by [[Monet]], twenty-one oil paintings by [[Cezanne|Cézanne]], eighteen paintings by [[Rembrandt]], [[El Greco]]'s ''A View of Toledo'', [[Jacques-Louis David]]'s ''The Death of Socrates'', and [[Duccio di Boninsegna]]'s ''Madonna and Child'', among many, many more. Relatively unique to the museum is an extensive collection of about five thousand musical instruments from all over the world and throughout history.
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Notable works of art on display at the museum include a print of [[Katsushika Hokusai]]'s ''The Great Wave off Kanagawa'', a print of [[Albrecht Dürer]]'s ''Melencolia'', five paintings by [[Jan Vermeer|Johannes Vermeer]] (the largest collection anywhere in the world), thirty-seven paintings by [[Monet]], twenty-one oil paintings by [[Cezanne|Cézanne]], eighteen paintings by [[Rembrandt]], [[El Greco]]'s ''A View of Toledo'', [[Jacques-Louis David]]'s ''The Death of Socrates'', and [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]]'s ''Madonna and Child'', among many, many more. Relatively unique to the museum is an extensive collection of about five thousand musical instruments from all over the world and throughout history.
    
The museum also operates a satellite institution known as "[[The Cloisters]]"<ref>http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/the_cloisters</ref> to house many works from its [[Medieval art]] collection. The Cloisters are located in Fort Tyron Park on the northern tip of [[Manhattan]] Island, just a few miles away from the main building.
 
The museum also operates a satellite institution known as "[[The Cloisters]]"<ref>http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/the_cloisters</ref> to house many works from its [[Medieval art]] collection. The Cloisters are located in Fort Tyron Park on the northern tip of [[Manhattan]] Island, just a few miles away from the main building.

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