Watercolour of the Cloisters, New York. The Cloisters, also known as the Met Cloisters, is a museum in Upper Manhattan, New York City, dedicated to European medieval art and architecture. It is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is located in Fort Tryon Park. The museum was created by assembling parts of four medieval cloisters and other architectural elements from France, moved stone-by-stone to New York in the early 20th century. It opened in 1938, funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who aimed to inspire visitors through the beauty and calm of medieval art and architecture.The Cloisters features extensive collections of medieval artworks including sculptures, tapestries, illuminated manuscripts, and panel paintings, displayed in settings that evoke the monastic life of the Middle Ages. The museum’s cloisters—Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont, and Trie—are reconstructed from original medieval abbeys and convents, with gardens and fountains typical of the period. The building and its collections provide an immersive experience of Romanesque and Gothic art from the 12th to 15th centuries
 
Interesting fact...
The Cloisters houses the world’s only known complete deck of 15th-century playing cards, with unique suits like hunting horns and dog collars