Crossroads: Empires and Emporia
from 4 Mar 2020 at Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
Crossroads: Empires and Emporia was a 2020 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The show examined the dynamic intersections between imperial power and mercantile exchange, exploring how trade routes, markets, and empires shaped — and were shaped by — the cultures they connected.
Through a rich selection of objects drawn from the Met's encyclopedic collection, the exhibition illuminated the flow of goods, ideas, and artistic traditions across civilizations, revealing the crossroads where empires met and commerce flourished.
Through a rich selection of objects drawn from the Met's encyclopedic collection, the exhibition illuminated the flow of goods, ideas, and artistic traditions across civilizations, revealing the crossroads where empires met and commerce flourished.
About the venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in…
