Metropolitan Museum (New York)

[Batavian]

Not sure whether museum reviews are also allowed on this board but I've recently been on holiday to New York and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I took many pictures. The museum was so huge that I had to skip entire halls and still wasn't finished at the end of the day. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval... You name it and they have it. And then I mean entire halls full of one of these particular subjects... I've made a small selection of pictures to share with you guys, hope you'll like it.


First are some Greek, Roman and other helmets and equipment, I especially like the Corinthian helmet with the serpent eyebrows. Some of these helmets seem to have attachment loops to fix a crest on.

By the way, anyone knows why the tips of some Greek helmets (near the cheeks) are bent outwards? And what purpose served the rivets/rivet holes that run along the edges of some Corinthian helmets?

[attachment=1124]P5310337.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1125]P5310338.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1126]P5310340.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1127]P5310343.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1128]P5310344.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1129]P5310345.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1130]P5310374.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1131]P5310375.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1132]P5310376.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:10]C:\\fakepath\\P5310379.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:11]C:\\fakepath\\P5310386.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:12]C:\\fakepath\\P5310388.jpg[/attachment]

Early Medieval stuff, mainly Viking.

[attachment:13]C:\\fakepath\\P5310423.jpg[/attachment]

Equipment from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance period.

[attachment:14]C:\\fakepath\\P5310425.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:15]C:\\fakepath\\P5310427.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:16]C:\\fakepath\\P5310429.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:17]C:\\fakepath\\P5310435.jpg[/attachment]

Tibetan harness and horse armour.

[attachment:18]C:\\fakepath\\P5310443.jpg[/attachment]

Japanese equipment. Very impressive!

[attachment:19]C:\\fakepath\\P5310455.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:20]C:\\fakepath\\P5310458.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:21]C:\\fakepath\\P5310463.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment:22]C:\\fakepath\\P5310469.jpg[/attachment]


The museum didn't have much Roman military equipment, except for some Coolus type helmets. Remarkably litle for such a huge museum actually. There were many Roman statues and other items though. Lots of Greek stuff too, including military. And the Egyptian halls were really neat too, they even had a complete temple over there. Highly recommended!