The New American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Following renovations lasting over a decade, an expanded and fully reconfigured American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was unveiled in early 2012. The Met’s American collection is vast, spanning from colonial to contemporary and including painting, sculpture, photography, and a wide variety of decorative arts. The chronological sweep of the American Wing is approximately 1700 to 1910, so visitors hoping to see the museum’s key works by Jackson Pollock or Jasper Johns must walk acros..