The perfect morning adventure or afternoon outing in upper Manhattan!
Photo: Amanda RodriguesThe Cloisters Museum, owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a true European getaway in upper Manhattan (if you can imagine that!). With arches, open gardens, chapels, and relics from the Medieval Spanish Empire including artifacts from Catalunya, Andalucia, France, and the Netherlands, this museum is the perfect morning adventure or afternoon outing. Here are a few reasons why the Cloisters MUST be on your NYC bucketlist!
The Beauty
The Cloisters Museum looks exactly like a Spanish Monastery…because essentially, it is! Completely taken from ancient Europe, the Cloisters are a pristine collection of Medieval art and architecture. While touring, we saw several people seated on benches with open notebooks, simply reveling in the beauty of the place.
Photo: Amanda RodriguesThe Pricing
The Cloisters is included in the Met “suggested pricing package” – which means that, although the Met suggests $25 per person for entry, you can pay whatever you can afford. Also, if you purchase a tickets to any of the Met museums (the Met, Met Breuer, or the Cloisters), you get free access to the other Met Museums for the rest of the day.
Photo: Amanda RodriguesThe Gardens!
Flowers, fountains, and herbs…oh my! The gardens of the Cloisters are more than carefully tended to, they are immaculate.
Photo: Amanda RodriguesThe Food
In the right, outside garden there is a delicious café where you can pause for a beer, salad, coffee, sandwich, or dessert. We recommend stopping by in the late afternoon for a delicious snack and some soothing ambiance.
The Insta Pics
Need we say more? For our instatravelers out there, the Cloisters is the perfect place to up your insta game!
For more information on the location and visiting the Cloisters, visit here.
