The metropolitan museum of art acquired its first object, a roman sarcophagus, before it even had a building in which to exhibit it.?

The department also exhibits the pre-Greek art of Greece and the pre-Roman art of Italy. he Greek and Roman galleries reveal classical art in all of its complexity and the Museum's first accessioned object was a Roman sarcophagus from of the acquisition and display of his large collection of antiquities from Cyprus.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired its first object, a Roman sarcophagus, before it even had a building in which to exhibit "American Paintings and Arts"

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