NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been named the world's #1 museum in the 2015 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice™ awards. TripAdvisor highlights the top museums around the world based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings, gathered over a 12-month period.

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Met, commented: "Our visitors' enthusiasm for the Met is the best measure of our success. We pride ourselves on the fact that every visit to the Met can be a new journey—across time and around the globe—and we are thrilled that our audience has had such a positive response to that experience. The TripAdvisor award is also particularly gratifying in a year of record-breaking attendance of 6.3 million."

"Honoring nearly 600 institutions worldwide, the Travelers' Choice awards have recognized the favorite museums that serve as cultural treasure troves for our community of millions," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. "These world-class museums provide an enriching experience that can be both inspiring and educational for travelers around the globe."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's leading art museums, with a collection spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. It presents dozens of exhibitions each year, and thousands of events and programs including films, talks, performance, guided tours, and family programs. A center for art appreciation, scholarship, research, and conservation, the Met also maintains a vibrant program of publishing scholarly and popular catalogues, and utilizes new technologies to enhance the visitor experience and extend the reach and accessibility of its offerings globally.

In addition to its main building at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, the Met is launching its modern and contemporary art-themed programming at The Met Breuer in March 2016, and continues to present exhibitions and collection displays related to the art and architecture of the medieval world at The Cloisters museum and gardens, its branch in upper Manhattan.

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