The Met’s Arms and Armor department holds about 14,000 objects from Europe, the Near East and Asia, with more than 1,000 on permanent display on Fifth Avenue.
Don’t miss
- Gold-inlaid Third Model Dragoon Colt revolver
- Five guns from King Louis XIII’s personal collection
- Catherine the Great’s flintlock pistols by Johan Adolph Grecke (1786)
- Armor made for Henry II of France
- Filippo Negroli parade helmet (1543)
Our notes
The Met’s Arms and Armor galleries hold about 540 firearms, with around 160 on view. The focus is decorated arms from Europe, Japan, the Islamic world and early America, from the 1500s to the 1800s. There are no modern guns, but the craftsmanship is unmatched.
Timeline
- 1912 Arms and Armor department established
Plan your visit
- Galleries are in the John Pierpont Morgan Wing; the Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gallery hosts rotating displays
- Closed Wednesdays; open late Friday and Saturday
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