China: Through the Looking Glass at The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been extended by three weeks through Labor Day, September 7. The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute in collaboration with the Department of Asian Art, opened to the public on May 7, and has drawn more than 350,000 visitors in its first eight weeks. Encompassing approximately 30,000 square feet in 16 separate galleries in the Museums Chinese and Egyptian Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center, it is The Costume Institutes largest special exhibition ever, and also one of the Museums largest. With gallery space three times the size of a typical Costume Institute major spring show, China has accommodated large numbers of visitors without lines. This exhibition is one of the most ambitious ever mounted by the Met, and I want as many people as possible to be able see it, said
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