Culture / Museum / Washington Heights
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The Met Cloisters
Medieval Europe rebuilt in Fort Tryon Park, over the Hudson.
- Where
- 99 Margaret Corbin Dr, Washington Heights Open in Google Maps ↗
- Price
- $$
- Get
- The Unicorn Tapestries · The gardens
- Go when
- Weekday afternoon
- Good for
- Quiet · A long walk after
- Good with
- Solo · A date
Pieces of European cloisters shipped over and rebuilt into one building, with the Unicorn Tapestries and gardens planted from medieval sources.
It is the third stop on a walk that starts at the 187th Street steps and goes through Fort Tryon Park, and the quietest major museum in the city by a distance.
What to know
A same-day Met ticket covers both. New York residents pay what they wish.
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