back outside, these are new steps that kevin roach added, you get to see the wings either side which charles mckim later added. the facade of fifth avenue spans over 1,000 feet and four city blocks. it's absolutely huge. on the outside of the building, this is what most people kind of remember. so, believe it or not, there is over 31 pieces of sculpture on the building, all done by kyle better who did a lot of work with richard morris hunt. there was meant to be the great sculptures of ancient mid eve a i will art which was supposed to go over these. hunt died about seven years before the met was finished. it was taken over by his son richard hunt. no money left, the museum decided they wouldn't do the sculpture. hunt, jr being a little bit massive aggressive, decided he would hoist the unattractive piles of stone up there in a way to persuade the met that it was so unattractive they would have to do this sculpture. 150 years later, those bitsof stone are still there. you can see it didn't really work. nt was so well regarded that when he passed away, this memorial was built for them

the layman gallery, which the lehman gallery gallery is winco is was added in the seventies by kevin roach. but if you turn around, this is what you see, this is the original structure. this is wing a and this faced on to central park. so the original entrance to the met faced onto the park. and the reason for that was because this was designed by calvin fox and calvin volks was the architects of central park. everyone remembers frederick law. olmstead but olmstead was his junior partner. volks was the senior partner and volks had trained under andrew jackson downing and it was very much a proponent of this picture, victorian style of, of architecture that was prescribed by john ruskin in the stones of venice. and so in a very short period of time we go from this picturesque gothic to the grand monumental classicism of winged and so that's how much architecture was shifting in this time period. and a lot of people actuall think this is the original trce, this is and this is wing b and this was added by theodore weston, who was really just a civilngeer. this is really the only buildg that h

into the layman gallery, which the lehman gallery gallery is winco is was added in the senties kevin roach. but if you turn around, this is what you see, this is the original structure. this is wing a and this faced on to central park. so the original entrance to the met faced onto the park. and the reason for that was because this was designed by calvin fox and calvin volks was the architects of central park. everyone remembers frederick law. olmstead but olmstead was his junior partner. volks was the senior partner and volks had trained under andrew jackson downing and it was very much a proponent of this picture, victorian style of, of architecture that was prescribed by john ruskin in the stones of venice. and so in a very short period of time we go from this picturesque gothic to the grand monumental classicism of winged and so that's how much architecture was shifting in this time period. and a l opeople actually think this is the original entrance, this is and this is wing b and this was added by theodore wesn,ho was really just a civil engineer. this is rllthe only building that he

part of the petrie sculpture gallery, which is wing y again, which was added in the nineties by kevin roach. i hope you're keeping track of all these wings. they'll there'll be a test afterwards. and this is an archival shot of that. and so that's the old image. and just to get your bearings on the far left, you can see cleopatra's needle, the obelisk that was installed when central park was completed in 1880. and another archival image. this is when davis is the original entrance. this is before the wings. the flanking wings were later added and just to get an idea of of scale, you can see those those carriages at the front. and also look at the steps that they had, that original steps of the building, which were treacherously steep and they were replaced much later on in the background, you get to see the other wings that were added and you come in to the great hall of the metropolitan museum. it's 166 feet long, 48 feet wide. it's three stories tall and you have to remember, when this was built, there was not a space like this in new york city. this completely transformed how people kind

all the way to the back of the building into the lehman gallery, it is wing o added in the 70s by kevin roach, but if you turn around, this is what you see. this is the original structure. wing a, this faced central park. the original entrance of the met faced central park. the reason was this was designed by calvin fox and he was the architect of central park. everyone remembers frederick law olmsted. he was a junior partner. fox was a senior partner. he had trained under andrew jackson downing and it was very much a proponent of this picturesque victorian style of architecture that was prescribed by john ruskin's in the stones of venice. in a very sht period of time you go from th picturesque gothic to the grand monumental classicism of wing 30. that is how much checture was shifting in this me period. a lot of people actually think this is the original entrance. this isn't, it is wing b. this was added by theodore weston who is really just a civil engineer, this is really the only building he ever did. and this faces south towards where the city was. it's now part of the petri sculpture ga