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Brooklyn Museum vs The Met Cloisters

Both are rated very highly by professional reviewers. Overall, The Met Cloisters scores marginally higher than Brooklyn Museum. The Met Cloisters is ranked #8 in New York City with approval from 13 sources like Not For Tourists, On the Grid and Afar Magazine.

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
8 / 10
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Although it may be overshadowed by the big name museums in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Museum, with more than 1 million pieces in its permanent collection." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"This Beaux Arts building houses the second-largest permanent collection in the city, with more than a million objects."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This encyclopedic museum is housed in a five-story, 560,000-sq-ft beaux arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"With a mission to bridge the artistic heritage of world cultures, this 560,000-square-foot museum built in grand Beaux-Arts style houses a large, diverse collection of 1.5 million works." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Brooklyn’s premier institution is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s bigger-name spaces." Full review
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The Met Cloisters
The Met Cloisters
9 / 10
Fort Tryon Park, New York City, NY 10040
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Concierge Concierge
"The Cloisters is a series of medieval passageways reconstructed from French monasteries and incorporated within a modern museum."
Frommer's Frommer's
"If it weren’t for this branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, many New Yorkers would never get to this northernmost point in Manhattan." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"On a hilltop overlooking the Hudson River, the Cloisters is a curious architectural jigsaw, its many parts made up of various European monasteries and other historic buildings." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Set in a lovely park overlooking the Hudson River, the Cloisters houses the Met’s medieval art and architecture collections." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"Devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, the Cloisters is a series of medieval passageways reconstructed from French monasteries." Full review
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