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 designed by Vaux and Mould, R.M. Hunt, McKim Mead and White, and others and built in 1864-1965; 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 exterior and interior signage.
CB8 Hearing: 10/20/25 (Approved)
LPC Hearing: 11/18/25 (Approved with modifications)
FRIENDS' Testimony:
FRIENDS’ Preservation Committee supports the new public arrival signage on the plaza and in the Great Hall, noting that it was much needed to improve wayfinding through consistent color and standardized design, and we appreciate the cleaner, more refined banner attachment. We commend the Museum for investing in making the space more accessible and welcoming for everyone, across all ages and ability levels. We only ask that the illumination of the digital screens on the exterior pylons be carefully reviewed to reduce distraction and ambient light in the plaza, even though the screens face the museum rather than Fifth Avenue.
LPC Hearing: November 18, 2025