Our 2019 USA Trip / Part 3 / The Met Cloisters

The Met Cloisters opened to the public in 1938. It is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The building stands high on four acres within Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River.
This is a modern museum building and not a copy of any specific medieval structure. It is really an architectural jigsaw with its many parts made up of various European monasteries and other historic buildings eg. features relocated from four French medieval abbeys of Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie.
There are also reconstructed medieval gardens dotted around the cloisters, one featuring plants used in medieval medicine, magic, ceremony and the arts,  

Our few photos do not do the exhibition justice. There are so many wonderful things to see and even our half day there just brushed the surface.
More information here and on the Met website.