内容简介1866年,一群美国人在巴黎倡议建立一座国家艺术博物馆。1870年4月13日,纽约大都会艺术博物馆成立。同年11月,博物馆收到了第一件捐赠藏品——一口重达2.72吨的古罗马石棺。1880年3月30日,大都会艺术博物馆迁至现址。那时的纽约中央公园还是一片蛮荒之地,而博物馆建筑则像一座红砖砌成 Introduction In 1866, a group of Americans proposed the establishment of a national art museum in Paris. April 13, 1870, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art was established. In November of the same year, the museum received its first donation collection, an ancient Roman sarcophagus weighing 2.72 tons. March 30, 1880, Metropolitan Museum of Art moved to the present site. New York Central Park at that time was still a barren land, while the museum building was like a red brick