The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as 'The Met', is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most famous museums in the world. 'The Met' has a total exhibition area of 20 hectares, equivalent to the size of the Bird's Nest in Beijing, with 8 hectares being the main building. Its collection includes over 3.3 million pieces of art, covering fields such as painting, sculpture, architecture, stained glass, calligraphy, and photography, and it is divided into 19 different departments.
Broadway
Broadway is actually a north-south avenue running through Manhattan Island. It has become synonymous with American theater and musicals due to the numerous theaters located along the road. The theaters on Broadway Avenue between 44th Street and 53rd Street are known as On-Broadway, primarily showcasing classic, popular, and commercial productions. The theaters between 41st Street and 56th Street are known as Off-Broadway, mainly featuring lesser-known, experimental, and low-budget productions.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York, abbreviated as MoMA, is one of the most important modern art museums in the world. It houses a large collection of modern art masterpieces and is the first museum dedicated to collecting modern artworks. In addition to paintings, the collection also includes films, photographs, and industrial design works. Currently, the museum's collection totals approximately 150,000 works, 20,000 films, and 4 million film stills.
DUMBO
DUMBO is an acronym for 'Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass', mainly referring to the area under the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge extending into the Brooklyn district. This area has now become one of New York City's premier art districts, gathering various galleries, studios, and more.
The Guggenheim Museum is the collective name for all museums under the Guggenheim Foundation. It is an outstanding representative of private modern art museums and an excellent representative of museum groups, with its headquarters in New York. In addition to New York, the museum has branches in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Bilbao (Spain), Berlin (Germany), and Venice (Italy). It can be said to be a massive transnational cultural operation museum. The museum group is planning to enter the Chinese market.
Columbia University, located in Manhattan, New York City, USA, is officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York, and is commonly referred to as Columbia. It is a private research university. Columbia University was founded in 1754 based on the Royal Charter granted by King George II of England. It is a private Ivy League school, comprising three undergraduate schools and thirteen graduate schools. Among its alumni and faculty, there are a total of 97 Nobel Prize winners, ranking first among universities worldwide. Three U.S. presidents, including President Obama, are graduates of this university. Additionally, its schools of medicine, law, business, and journalism are highly ranked, and the Pulitzer Prize awarded by its journalism school is the highest honor in American journalism.
This was once the cradle of the Beat Generation artists, but now the main visitors are lawyers, white-collar workers in finance, and wealthy students.
The Brooklyn Museum is the second largest museum in New York City in terms of collection size, with around 1.5 million exhibits. Visitors can easily spend half a day wandering through it. The globally renowned large-scale feminist installation art piece 'The Dinner Party' is permanently housed here. It was created by the famous American feminist artist Judy Chicago, and the audio guide was recorded by her in 1980, allowing visitors to closely understand the temporal and spatial order of 'The Dinner Party'.
SoHo
Today's SoHo is a commercial area with nearly 600 unique department stores, clothing, and accessory shops. For example, in the central area of SoHo on Broadway, there are more than 50 specialty stores offering jewelry, clothing, cosmetics, home goods, stationery, and general merchandise. There are over 100 various restaurants, featuring cuisines from around the world and high-end themed restaurants. The world's most famous brands such as PRADA, CHANEL, and LOUIS VUITTON have long established their presence in this prime commercial district.
The Cloisters is a museum in New York, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, established in the 1930s. The architecture is filled with elements of European medieval monasteries. It is often used to display medieval European artworks. This museum houses approximately 5 million pieces of medieval European art.
