Museums
There are 2 museums starting with the letter T:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens –businessmen and financiers as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day– who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. Today, The Met is the largest art museum in the Americas and the most-visited museum in the United States. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments, covering 5,000 years of art from around the world. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City – The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana) and Pedro de Mena
The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection, founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips, is America’s first museum of modern art. Located in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, it occupies Phillips’ former home and subsequent additions. The museum houses a growing collection of over 5,000 works, featuring modern and contemporary art from renowned artists such as Renoir, Courbet, El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard, Klee or Miró. The Phillips Collection is known for its intimate setting and frequently rearranged galleries, offering visitors fresh experiences. In addition to its permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum provides educational programs and maintains a satellite campus called Phillips@THEARC.
Spanish artists include Daniel Canogar, El Greco, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Ismael González de la Serna, Joan Miró, Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso