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The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its doors on the 20th of February 1872. The institution was founded two years prior by a group of Americans including philanthropists, artists, and businessmen.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded by a group of Americans including philanthropists, artists, and businessmen with the goal to establish a national museum that would inspire and educate the public. Among the founders was Theodore Roosevelt Sr., the father of the 26th president of the United States, alongside railroad executive John Taylor Johnston who served as the first president.
The Temple of Dendur is a large sandstone temple dismantled by the Egyptian government to save it from rising waters caused by the building of the Aswan High Dam. The temple was given to the United States in 1965 and assembled in a new wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1978.
The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art holds more than 35,000 costumes and accessories. The institute is known for hosting the annual Met Gala and holds two separate shows in the Met's galleries every year.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art began charging out-of-state and foreign visitors $25 effective March 2018. This change replaced the century-old policy of free admission announced by museum president Daniel Weiss in January 2018.
Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang donated $125 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in November 2021, which is the largest gift in the museum's history. The Met named its modern and contemporary art galleries after the Tangs in exchange for this donation.