Building in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Sackler Wing
General information
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Town or city
New York City
Inaugurated
1978 (1978)
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Kevin Roche
Architecture firm
Roche-Dinkeloo
The Sackler Wing (1978) is located at The Met Fifth Avenue, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's flagship location in New York City. Designed by Kevin Roche and located to the north of the museum's original building, the wing was built to house the Temple of Dendur, brought from Egypt to New York.[1]
The wing was named after the Sackler family, associated with the Purdue Pharma company accused of fuelling the opioid crisis in the US. The Sacklers made a substantial donation to the Met for the construction of the wing, that's why it received their name. In 2021 the name Sackler was removed from several elements of the Met Museum, but no substitute name for this wing was proposed.[2] Maps of the Met Museum show in 2023 no name for this particular wing, while the related one situated at the south side, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, remains well identified. The space within the Wing housing the temple is just Gallery 131.[3]
^"Ceremony: I.M. Pei - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York". The Pritzker Architecture Prize. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^Rosenbaum, Lee (9 December 2021). "Sacklers Sacked: Metropolitan Museum Strips Their Names from 7 Exhibition Spaces". CultureGrrl - Arts Journals Blogs. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^"Museum Map". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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