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Brooklyn Museum vs The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Both are rated very highly by expert writers. Overall, Brooklyn Museum scores marginally better than The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brooklyn Museum comes in at #9 in New York City with positive reviews from 9 reviews including Frommer's, Concierge and Fodor's.
Brooklyn Museum
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200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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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."
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Concierge
"This Beaux Arts building houses the second-largest permanent collection in the city, with more than a million objects."
Lonely Planet
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"This encyclopedic museum is housed in a five-story, 560,000-sq-ft beaux arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White."
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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."
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Time Out
"Brooklyn’s premier institution is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s bigger-name spaces."
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1000 Fifth AvenueA, New York City, NY 10028-0198
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Fodor's
"If Manhattan held no other museum than the colossal Metropolitan Museum of Art, you could still occupy yourself for days roaming its labyrinthine corridors."
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Concierge
"You could spend weeks here admiring the collections."
Frommer's
"Home of blockbuster after blockbuster, the Metropolitan Museum of Art attracts some five million people a year, more than any other spot in New York City."
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Lonely Planet
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"This sprawling encyclopedic museum, founded in 1870, houses one of the biggest art collections in the world."
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If you can’t stand crowds, avoid weekends.
Travel + Leisure
"One of the world's great museums, this Gothic Revival labyrinth tries to be all things to all art lovers—and with its expansion over the past two decades it often succeeds."
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