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The Met Cloisters vs Frick Collection
Both are praised by those who travel for a living. On balance, Frick Collection ranks slightly higher than The Met Cloisters. Frick Collection comes in at #1 in New York City with endorsements from 12 reviews like Where, Fodor's and Michelin Guide.
The Met Cloisters
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Fort Tryon Park, New York City, NY 10040
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Concierge
"The Cloisters is a series of medieval passageways reconstructed from French monasteries and incorporated within a modern museum."
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."
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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."
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Time Out
"Set in a lovely park overlooking the Hudson River, the Cloisters houses the Met’s medieval art and architecture collections."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, the Cloisters is a series of medieval passageways reconstructed from French monasteries."
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Frick Collection
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1 E. 70th St., New York, NY 10021
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Fodor's
"Everything here is a highlight. The Portico Gallery, an enclosed portico along the building's 5th Avenue garden, houses the museum's growing collection of sculpture."
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Concierge
"A real find among the city's museums, this collection housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This spectacular art collection sits in a mansion built by prickly steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the many such residences that made up Millionaires’ Row."
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Time Out
"The opulent residence that houses a private collection of great masters (from the 14th through the 19th centuries) was originally built for industrialist Henry Clay Frick."
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Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"Housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
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