This collection consists of a broad spectrum of Western art since the fourth century until the early sixteenth century, as well as Byzantine and pre-medieval antiquities that are not in the collection of ancient Greece and Rome. Like the Islamic collection, this collection has ample examples of art in two and three dimensions, with many religious objects. In total, the permanent collection of this department has 11,000 objects. Because of its size, is the only collection that is housed in two places: in the main museum building on 5th Avenue and Collins, in the Cloisters, a separate building dedicated exclusively to medieval art. The same department is responsible for the two places.