The Cloisters - Fort Tryon, NY
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The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Fort Tryon Park, New York, was reconstructed from architectural pieces of numerous French cloistered abbeys.
Waymark Code: WM9W5M
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2010
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Between 1934 and 1938, five French cloistered abbeys were disassembled...brick-by-brick...and reconstructed here at Fort Tryon Park. The French abbeys that were reassembled here include buildings from Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Bonnefont-en-Comminges, Trie-en-Bigorre, and Froville. Now, the Cloisters houses exhibits of Medieval European arts and architecture.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., granted the monies to create the museum and adjacent gardens, which were planted according to medieval manuscripts, offering visitors a truer look at life in medieval times. The works of art on display came from Rockefeller and George Grey Barnard, an American sculptor and collector of medieval art. Rockefeller purchased Barnard's collection adn offered allas a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Cloisters Museum includes approximately five thousand pieces of art from the twelth to fifteenth centuries, including the reknown Unicorn Tapestries, illuminated books and manuscripts, and several altar pieces.
The relocated architectural pieces that make up the Cloisters are part of the museum collection in itself. Stroll through the cloisters and marvel at the intricate carvings around the doors and windows. Some restoration was required to complete the architectural pieces, but the museum shows pictures at the pieces, showing what was original and what needed to be recreated.
99 Margaret Corbin Drive
Fort Tryon Park
New York, New York 10040
Information: 212-923-3700
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