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• Monumental Statue Boxer at Rest—Masterpiece of Ancient Bronze Sculpture—on Special Loan to Metropolitan Museum
  June 1–July 18, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

• The Cyrus Cylinder–2,600-Year-Old Symbol of Tolerance—on View at Metropolitan Museum
  June 20–August 4, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 4:30 p.m.

• Bird-themed Exhibition Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning February 2
  February 2, 2013–July 28, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 4:00 p.m.

• Velázquez Masterpiece from Italy’s Galleria Estense on View in U.S. for First Time at Metropolitan Museum This Spring
  April 16-July 14, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 3:30 p.m.

• Punk Fashion Is Focus of Costume Institute Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  May 9–August 14, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 3:00 p.m.

• Exhibition on Unicorns in Medieval and Renaissance Art Marks 75th Anniversary of The Cloisters
  May 15–August 18, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:30 p.m.

• Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum Considers How Civil War Changed American Art
  May 27–September 2, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:00 p.m.

• Land Marks, an Exhibition Featuring Earthworks Artists, Now on View at Metropolitan Museum
  April 30–August 18, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:00 p.m.

• Landmark Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Considers Evolving Role of Photography during American Civil War
  April 2–September 2, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

• Islamic Art Installation at Metropolitan Museum Allows Public to See What Conservators See
  April 2-August 4, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:00 p.m.

• At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston Opens February 26 at
  Metropolitan Museum
  February 26—July 28, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

• Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts
  February 26–August 18, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:00 p.m.

• Spectacular Sculptures by Contemporary Cambodian Artist Go on View at Met Museum Beginning February 23
  February 23 – July 7, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 11:30 a.m.

• Rare Italian Stringed Instruments from the Sau-Wing Lam Collection on View at the Metropolitan Museum Beginning December 18
  December 18, 2012 – June 30, 2013

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 11:00 a.m.

• Special Exhibition Tells Story of How African Artifacts Were First Recognized as Art in U.S.
  November 27, 2012 – September 2, 2013 (extended)

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 10:30 a.m.

• C. Griffith Mann Appointed Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge, and Peter Barnet Appointed Senior Curator, of Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters

  Monday, May 20, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia

  Friday, May 3, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Cynthia Round Named Metropolitan Museum’s New Senior Vice President, Marketing and External Relations

  Thursday, May 2, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents - September 2013

  Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Rare 15th-Century Illuminated Manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah Jointly Acquired by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, April 29, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the 2013-14 Season of Met Museum Presents – Performances and Talks that Amplify, Enrich, and Reinterpret the Met's Collection and Galleries

  Thursday, April 25, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Offer Combined Same-Week Admission to The Cloisters

  Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Gift of Major Cubist Collection Comprising 78 Works by Picasso, Braque, Gris, and Léger from Leonard A. Lauder and Creation of New Research Center for Modern Art

  Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age
  September 25, 2012—May 27, 2013

  Monday, April 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

• El Metropolitan Museum Anuncia La Donación de Una Importante Colección de Arte Cubista Reunida por Leonard A. Lauder, Que Incluye 78 Obras de Picasso, Braque, Gris y Léger, y La Creación de un Nuevo Centro de Investigación de Arte Moderno

  Monday, April 8, 2013, 1:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents - October 2013

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Signs Agreement with India’s Ministry of Culture to Cooperate in Areas Including Conservation, Exhibitions, and Research

  Friday, March 29, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Open 7 Days a Week Starting July 1

  Thursday, March 21, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Credit Suisse to Donate Trumbull’s Iconic Portrait of Alexander Hamilton to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

  Thursday, March 14, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Stuart W. Pyhrr to Become Distinguished Research Curator after 25 Years Leading Metropolitan Museum’s Arms and Armor Department

  Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• James Nares’ Video Street to be Centerpiece of Exhibition Opening March 5 at Metropolitan Museum
  March 5—May 27, 2013

  Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Examines Changing Image of Eros, Ancient Greek God of Love, from Antiquity to Renaissance
  January 29-June 23, 2013

  Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 9:30 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Launches 82nd & Fifth, a 2013 Multimedia Online Series Featuring 100 Works of Art and 100 Curators They Inspired

  Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

  
  

• Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity to Open at Metropolitan Museum on February 26
  February 26 – May 27, 2013

  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 11:00 p.m.

• Now Available…
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide
  in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 10:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – Spring 2013 Schedule

  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 9:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – June 2013

  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 8:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – Just Announced:
  OM: At Giza

  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s New Galleries for Islamic Art Department Draw One Million Visitors

  Monday, February 25, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Ground Formally Broken for New David H. Koch Plaza at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Sunday, February 24, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Julie Jones to Become Curator Emeritus After Distinguished 38-Year Career at Metropolitan Museum in Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

  Saturday, February 23, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Spring 2013 Concerts Celebrate 75th Anniversary of The Cloisters

  Friday, February 22, 2013, 9:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – May 2013

  Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents - April 2013

  Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 5:00 p.m.

  
  

• Met Museum Presents – March 2013

  Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 3:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Launches Major Web Resource Offering Access to Hundreds of Its Publications

  Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• AXA Equitable Donates America Today, Thomas Hart Benton’s Epic Mural Cycle Celebrating Life in 1920s America, to Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, February 18, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Matisse: In Search of True Painting—An Exploration of Matisse’s Painting Process—Opens December 4 at Metropolitan Museum
  December 4, 2012—March 17, 2013

  Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 3:00 p.m.

• New Metropolitan Museum Installation of Historical Trade Cards Celebrates Women and Sport
  Through July 14, 2013

  Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

• Major Exhibition on Theme of Nature in Western Art to Open at National Museum of China in Beijing on February 1

  Monday, February 11, 2013, 4:00 p.m.

• “道法自然：大都会艺术博物馆精品展”
  2月1日在中国国家博物馆开幕 (Chinese)

  Sunday, February 10, 2013, 3:30 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Celebrate Presidents’ Day—February 18—a "Met Holiday Monday"

  Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• First Comprehensive Retrospective of American Artist George Bellows in Nearly Half a Century on View at Metropolitan Museum
  November 15, 2012–February 18, 2013

  Saturday, January 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m.

• The Path of Nature: French Paintings from the Wheelock Whitney Collection, 1785–1850
  January 22–April 21, 2013

  Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Ground Formally Broken for New David H. Koch Plaza at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, January 14, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

  (New York, January 14, 2013)—Government leaders and museum officials today formally broke ground for the new plaza and fountains at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day—January 21—a “Met Holiday Monday”

  Friday, January 11, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents – February 2013

  Thursday, January 3, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
  Through December 2013

  Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 11:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Celebrate the Season with Two "Holiday Mondays"—Added Viewing Days—December 24 and 31

  Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:00 a.m.

• Magnificent 18th–Century Mechanical Furniture by Abraham and David Roentgen on View in Fall Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
  October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013

  Monday, December 10, 2012, 6:00 p.m.

• Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display for Holiday Season at Metropolitan Museum
  November 20, 2012—January 6, 2013

  Sunday, December 9, 2012, 6:00 p.m.

• First Major Exhibition Devoted to History of Manipulated Photography Before Digital Age Opens at Metropolitan Museum October 11
  October 11, 2012—January 27, 2013

  Friday, December 7, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

• Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years
  September 18—December 31, 2012

  Thursday, December 6, 2012, 1:00 p.m.

• The Sau-Wing Lam Collection in Action:
  A Four-Concert Series Featuring Rare Italian Stringed Instruments

  Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 4:30 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – January 2013

  Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 4:00 p.m.

• Three Exhibitions—Search for the Unicorn, Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet, and Canterbury Stained Glass—Celebrate The Cloisters’ 75th-Anniversary Year

  Friday, November 23, 2012, 5:00 a.m.

• Schedule of Exhibitions
  Through December 2015

  Friday, November 16, 2012, 2:00 p.m.

• Nicholas Cullinan Named Curator in Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, November 15, 2012, 5:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Receives Group of Important Modern Works and Establishes Fund Supporting Its Collection of Art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas through Generous Bequests of Andrea Bollt

  Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 10:00 p.m.

• Marina Kellen French Elected Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 10:30 p.m.

• Andrew Solomon Elected Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 10:00 p.m.

• Marica F. Vilcek Elected Honorary Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 9:30 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – December 2012

  Monday, November 12, 2012, 10:30 p.m.

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM TO REOPEN CLOISTERS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

  Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum and Cloisters to Observe Veterans Day Weekend with Free Admission for the Military on November 11 and 12

  Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents—Live Webcast of
  Peony Pavilion in Updated Version by Tan Dun and Huang Doudou
  Performed by Zhang Jun and the Shanghai Zhang Jun Art Center Company in Metropolitan Museum’s Astor Court Friday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.
  

  Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ANNOUNCES IT WILL CLOSE TO PUBLIC ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30

  Monday, October 29, 2012, 4:49 p.m.

• Bernini’s Terracotta Models Illuminate His Unique Creative Process in Met Museum Exhibition
  Opening This October
  October 3, 2012–January 6, 2013

  Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 11:00 a.m.

• Evolution of Chinese Ceramics and Their Global Influence are Theme of Entirely New Installation on Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall Balcony

  Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 11:30 a.m.

• Artistry of Turkmen Silversmiths is Celebrated in Exhibition of Tribal Jewelry at Metropolitan Museum
  October 9, 2012–February 24, 2013

  Friday, October 12, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents
  November 2012

  Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents - November 2013

  Monday, October 1, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Summer Exhibitions Stimulate $781 Million Economic Impact for
  New York

  Thursday, September 27, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• ¡Fiesta! at Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Cultures With Full Day of Programs and Performances
  September 29, 2012

  Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

• Met Holiday Mondays at Metropolitan Museum Reach 10-Year Mark This Columbus Day, October 8

  Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 2:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents
  Talks, Tours, and Conversations
  Fall 2012

  Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Presents – October 2012

  Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

• The Met Reframed: DJ Spooky in Residence
  Features Five Performances, Three Conversations, a Gallery Tour, and Two Workshops in the 2012-13 Season

  Sunday, September 23, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Artist in Residence DJ Spooky to Screen Classic Korean Film Madame Freedom with Live Performance of Original Score and to Participate in a Related Talk
  October 24 and 26, 2012

  Saturday, September 22, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

• Dall’Assiria all’Iberia all’alba della civiltà classica
  22 settembre 2014 – 4 gennaio 2015

  Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

  Un’importante mostra del Metropolitan Museum illustra l’arte del primo millennio a.C., dal Medio Oriente all’Europa occidentale

• De l’Assyrie à l'Ibérie à l'aube de l'époque classique
  22 septembre 2014 – 4 janvier 2015

  Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

  Une exposition-phare du Metropolitan Museum présente des œuvres du premier millénaire avant J.-C. en provenance du Moyen-Orient et d’Europe de l’ouest

• De Asiria a Iberia en los albores de la Época Clásica
  del 22 de septiembre de 2014 al 4 de enero de 2015

  Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

  El Museo Metropolitano presenta una exposición sin precedentes sobre arte del primer milenio a. C., de Oriente Próximo a Europa Occidental 

• Ασσυρία έως την Ιβηρική, στην αυγή της Κλασικής Εποχής
  22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014 - 4 Ιανουαρίου 2015

  Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 4:00 a.m.

  Έκθεση Ορόσημο του Metropolitan Museum περιλαμβάνει εκθέματα τέχνης της πρώτης χιλιετίας π.Χ. από τη Μέση Ανατολή έως τη Δυτική Ευρώπη 

• Met Museum Presents Free Events Complementing the Exhibition Regarding Warhol September 2012

  Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

• ETHEL Named New Resident Ensemble at Metropolitan Museum’s Balcony Bar Friday and Saturday Evenings

  Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 5:30 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Examines Chinese Garden Theme in Special Exhibition Opening This Summer
  August 18, 2012 – January 6, 2013

  Saturday, August 25, 2012, 12:30 p.m.

• Tomás Saraceno to Create Bold Vision for Aerial Urban Living—Cloud City—as Work of Art atop Metropolitan Museum's Roof Garden
  May 15– November 4, 2012 (weather permitting)

  Friday, August 24, 2012, 3:00 p.m.

• Colors of the Universe:
  Chinese Hardstone Carvings

  Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m.

  June 16, 2012—March 8, 2015 (Extended)

• Buddhism Along the Silk Road: 5th-8th Century
  June 2, 2012 – February 10, 2013

  Monday, August 20, 2012, 12:00 p.m.

• British Silver: The Wealth of a Nation
  May 15–January 20, 2013

  Sunday, August 19, 2012, 4:00 a.m.