The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to merge with the Neue Galerie in Manhattan, beginning in 2028, according to multiple reports. The Neue Galerie—a private museum on Fifth Avenue housed in a townhouse a few blocks from the Met—is owned by cosmetics billionaire Ronald S. Lauder. It is known for a collection focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Austrian art. Under the planned merger, the Met will take ownership of the Neue’s Fifth Avenue townhouse and its collection. The New York Times describes the Neue’s prestige holdings as centered on 20th-century Austrian and German art, reflecting the museum’s established curatorial scope. Other outlets similarly characterize the Neue Galerie as a private institution built around Lauder’s collection and highlight its specialization in Austrian and German works. All accounts indicate the timeline is 2028 and frame the change as a consolidation of the nearby institutions, with the Met expanding through incorporation of the Neue’s physical premises and collection.