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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/21/1kZ8Qo.St.138.jpg|435In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, Morrison Heckscher, center, the chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, raises his piece from the ceremonial ribbon cutting, in New York. The wing is scheduled to reopen Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, after its $100-million renovation. In background is the restored “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/22/FLqCl.St.138.jpg|459Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, left, speaks with Morrison Heckscher, chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, during a celebration for the completed renovation of the American wing in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. The Museum's collection of American art, one of the most comprehensive in the world, will return to view in expanded new galleries on Jan. 16. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Hillary Clinton; Morrison HeckscherStore |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/24/udB9y.St.138.jpg|661In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "The Last Moments of John Brown," right, by Thomas Hovenden, hangs on display in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/24/PeYHp.St.138.jpg|416In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, people walk through Van Rensselaer Hall, a period room dated 1765-1768, from Albany, N.Y., in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/24/SI07W.St.138.jpg|397In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak," by Albert Bierstadt, left; “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, center; and "Heart of the Andes," by Frederic Edwin Church hang on display in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/23/1rwrCa.St.138.jpg|416In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, a woman looks at paintings on display in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/23/17I0px.St.138.jpg|402In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, a couple views "Madame X," second left, by John Singer Sargent, and "Victory," on a pedestal, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, on display in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/23/lyAAh.St.138.jpg|387In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, visitors to the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, view “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/22/180dhh.St.138.jpg|433In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "The Oak Door" by Alexander Pope, left, is displayed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/21/1iCCUw.St.138.jpg|416In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "The Bronco Buster" by Frederic Remington sits on display in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/21/viafw.St.138.jpg|456In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "Abraham Lincoln: The Man" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is displayed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/20/10ZFJv.St.138.jpg|525In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, a man views "Madame X" by John Singer Sargent in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/20/1rhv2v.St.138.jpg|464In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, a woman looks at the sculpture "George Washington" by Hiram Powers, in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/20/GR4G8.St.138.jpg|396In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, Morrison Heckscher, the chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, speaks to the media beside "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri," right, by George Caleb Bingham, in the venue, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/01/16/22/19/1rBIqm.St.138.jpg|401In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "The Babes in the Wood," foreground, by Thomas Crawford, displays in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts this month, treasures from the 18th to the early 20th century are bound to captivate the public as never before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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