Check out The Met's "In America" exhibit
One of the Best Things To Do in NYC for Locals and Tourists is visiting Met Museum. With "An Anthology of Fashion," the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art returns with part two of this year's major exhibition "In America," offering an even more comprehensive look at the elements that have shaped American fashion over time. The clothing created and worn by its residents serves as an aesthetically stunning tour through hundreds of years of this nation's history.
This year's show explodes throughout the majority of the American Wing of the museum, expanding on last year's sparse, cognitively challenging presentation of clothing organized by the representation of numerous ideas. Here are five items to be on the lookout for during your visit to the popular show.
A coat worn by George Washington (possibly to his inauguration), the Brooks Brothers jacket that Abraham Lincoln was shot in, and a coat (also by Brooks Brothers) that was once a part of a uniform worn by an enslaved man are the first three notable items visitors will see when they enter the exhibition. (Some of the items that were once given away to mourners are missing from Abraham Lincoln's coat.)
- What is it? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute's part two of this year’s flagship exhibition that takes an even more expansive look at what has defined American fashion over the years.
- Why go? It is a visually splendid tour through hundreds of years of this country’s history told through clothes designed and worn by its citizens.
- Don't miss: A coat worn by George Washington (possibly to his inauguration), the Brooks Brothers jacket that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in and a coat (also designed by Brooks Brothers) that was once part of a uniform worn by an enslaved man. (Lincoln’s coat is missing some pieces that were given away to mourners at the time.)
