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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American businessmen, financiers, and artists who wanted to bring a world-class art institution to the United States, and it opened its doors the following year — not yet in its current Fifth Avenue building, which wouldn't open until 1880 and has been expanded repeatedly in the century and a half since. The Met's collection now spans more than two million works across 5,000 years of human history, from Egyptian antiquities and European Old Masters to American decorative arts and an entire reconstructed Temple of Dendur, an actual ancient Egyptian temple gifted to the United States and reassembled inside a dedicated wing overlooking Central Park. The museum's "pay what you wish" admission policy for New York State residents, a holdover from its founding mission to make world-class art broadly accessible, has made it one of the more debated but enduringly popular admission structures among major American museums, and its annual Met Gala, held in the museum's Costume Institute, has become one of the most closely watched events in global fashion. For a New York City attractions list, the Met is the essential "a lifetime, not an afternoon" entry — a 150-plus-year-old institution holding more than two million objects across five millennia, anchored on Fifth Avenue directly across from Central Park.
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Empire State Building
The Empire State Building was constructed in just over a year, topping out in 1931 after a construction race with two other Manhattan skyscrapers then underway, and its speed of construction — reportedly averaging more than four floors a week during peak periods — remains a frequently cited feat of Depression-era engineering and labor organization. At 1,454 feet including its antenna, it held the title of world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its 1931 completion until the World Trade Center's North Tower surpassed it in 1970 — the longest reign of any building to hold that title in the 20th century. Its Art Deco design, with a distinctive stepped-back silhouette and a spire originally intended (unsuccessfully) as a mooring mast for airships, made it an instantly recognizable addition to the Manhattan skyline from the moment it opened. The building's 86th and 102nd floor observation decks have drawn visitors for generations, and its illuminated crown has marked countless holidays and civic occasions with color-coded lighting displays visible for miles across the city. It's also been a fixture of American film for decades, most famously as the setting for the climactic scene in the original 1933 King Kong. For a New York City attractions list, the Empire State Building is the essential "the skyline's original icon" entry — a 1931 Art Deco skyscraper that held the world's-tallest title for nearly four decades and is still one of the most photographed buildings on Earth.
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