Mission The Met’s mission is to collect, study, conserve, and present significant works of art across time and cultures in order to connect all people to creativity, knowledge, ideas, and one another.
Description The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as The Met, presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 377 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Metropolitan Museum of Art employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).
Overall, 58% of employees would recommend working at Metropolitan Museum of Art to a friend. This is based on 379 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
63% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Metropolitan Museum of Art as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Metropolitan Museum of Art.