1000 Fifth Avenue – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Building Name

1000 Fifth Avenue - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Architect

Vaux and Mould, R. M. Hunt, McKim Mead and White, Richard Morris Hunt, Richard Howland Hunt, George B. Post and others.

Year(s) Built

1864-1965

Designation

Individual and Interior Landmark

Project Information:

A Beaux-Arts and Roman style museum building built in 1864-1965 and designed by Vaux and Mould, R.M. Hunt, McKim Mead and White, and others; with designated interior spaces including an entrance vestibule, the Great Hall, a passageway, corridors, the Grand Staircase, halls, balconies, and all vaults and domes above these halls and balconies, designed by Richard Morris Hunt and Richard Howland Hunt, with consulting architect George B. Post, and built in 1895-1902. Application is to install interior digital display screens.

CB8 Hearing: 9/20/23 (Approved)
LPC Hearing: 10/17/23