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• April Events to Mark 50th Anniversary of Presidential Award of Temple of Dendur to The Met

  Friday, March 31, 2017, 9:53 p.m.

• Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts to Be Shown during Passover at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters

  Friday, March 31, 2017, 7:46 p.m.

• Stephanie D’Alessandro Named Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art at The Met

  Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 3:35 p.m.

• Statement from The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Proposed Elimination of Funding for the NEA, NEH,
  and IMLS

  Thursday, March 16, 2017, 5:36 p.m.

• New York City Students’ Original Art and Writing
  to Be Exhibited at The Met

  Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 5:02 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Reopen Wednesday, March 15

  Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 7:50 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Will Be Closed Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14

  Monday, March 13, 2017, 11:22 p.m.

• Chinese Tea House–Themed Pop-Up Café
  Opens at The Met Today

  Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 4:08 p.m.

• Adrián Villar Rojas Named Artist for The Met’s 2017 Cantor Roof Garden Commission

  Monday, March 6, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

• The Met Receives Monumental 10th-Century
  Chinese Painting Riverbank from Oscar L. Tang

  Thursday, March 2, 2017, 5:31 p.m.

• Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, To Step Down

  Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 8:39 p.m.

• Statement from Director Thomas P. Campbell on Proposed Elimination of Funding for National Endowment for the Arts

  Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 8:30 p.m.

• The Met Announces Schedule of Informal
  Curatorial Talks about Middle Eastern Art

  Thursday, February 23, 2017, 8:12 p.m.

• Curatorial Chats on Art from Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen Continue Through March 31

  Thursday, February 16, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

• Four Chats for Four Countries:
  Informal Curatorial Talks about Art from
  Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen

  Friday, February 10, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

• The Met Hosts Inaugural Conference of German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program

  Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

• The Met Makes Its Images of Public-Domain Artworks Freely Available through New Open Access Policy

  Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 4:39 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Extends
  Performances of The Museum Workout

  Friday, February 3, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

• The Met Hosts Annual Lunar New Year Festival to Celebrate Year of the Rooster

  Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

• French Sculptor Auguste Rodin Centenary
  Celebrated in North America with
  Exhibitions and Educational Programs

  Monday, January 30, 2017, 10:19 p.m.

• Pauline Oliveros’ Vocal Improvisation
  "Tuning Meditation" Staged at
  The Met Cloisters

  Thursday, January 19, 2017, 7:40 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Presents Conversations and Special Events Inspired by Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

  Friday, January 13, 2017, 3:14 a.m.

• Kenneth Weine Named Chief Communications
  Officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 6:52 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustees Linda Macklowe, Merryl Tisch, and Dasha Zhukova

  Monday, November 28, 2016, 6:57 p.m.

• The Holiday Season Comes Alive at The Met
  through Performances, Events, and Special Displays

  Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 9:55 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2017 Season of MetLiveArts

  Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 8:56 p.m.

• Gilded Age Drawings at The Met

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:00 p.m.

  August 21–December 6, 2017

• Talking Pictures: Camera-Phone Conversations Between Artists

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:40 a.m.

  June 27, 2017–December 17, 2018

• Cosmic Buddhas in the Himalayas

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:37 a.m.

  June 24–December 10, 2017
  

  
  

• The Body Politic: Video from The Met Collection

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:35 a.m.

  June 20–September 3, 2017

• American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:25 a.m.

  May 9–October 8, 2017
  

• Paradise of Exiles: Early Photography in Italy

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:10 a.m.

  March 13–August 13, 2017

• Sara Berman’s Closet

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:09 a.m.

  March 6–November 26, 2017

• Carpets for Kings: Six Masterpieces of Iranian Weaving

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:08 a.m.

  March 3–August 27, 2017

• Late Antique Textiles and Modern Design

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m.

  November 11, 2016–October 1, 2017
  

• Show and Tell: Stories in Chinese Painting

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 7:00 a.m.

  October 29, 2016–August 6, 2017
  
  简体中文 | 繁體中文 | English

• Splendors of Korean Art

  Monday, November 14, 2016, 3:00 a.m.

  October 1, 2016–September 17, 2017

• From the Imperial Theater: Chinese Opera Costumes of the 18th and 19th Centuries

  Sunday, November 13, 2016, 8:00 p.m.

  First rotation: June 25, 2016–January 8, 2017
  Second rotation: January 14–October 9, 2017

• Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer, 14th–19th Century

  Sunday, November 13, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

  June 25, 2016–October 9, 2017

• Colors of the Universe: Chinese Hardstone Carvings

  Sunday, November 13, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

  June 25, 2016–October 9, 2017

• Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #370

  Sunday, November 13, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

  June 30, 2014–January 28, 2018
  

• Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray
  Foundation Collection

  Sunday, November 13, 2016, 2:00 p.m.

  November 22, 2011–November 30, 2021

• The Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas,
  The Theater of Disappearance

  Saturday, November 12, 2016, 4:00 p.m.

  April 14–October 29, 2017
  (weather permitting)

  Link to Artist's Statement
  

• Cristóbal de Villalpando: Mexican Painter of the Baroque

  Saturday, November 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m.

  July 25–October 15, 2017

• Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical

  Saturday, November 12, 2016, 12:00 p.m.

  July 21–October 8, 2017

• The Met Premieres First Episodes of Podcast by Artist in Residence Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace

  Thursday, October 27, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

• The Met Presents Epic Stories as Theme of
  Its First Ever “World Culture Festival”

  Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 2:53 p.m.

• Costume Institute’s Spring 2017 Exhibition at The Met to Focus on Rei Kawakubo and the Art of the In-Between

  Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:59 p.m.

  
  

• The Costume Institute

  Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 8:30 p.m.

  The Costume Institute’s collection of more than 35,000 costumes and accessories represents five continents and seven centuries of fashionable dress, regional costumes, and accessories for men, women, and children, from the 15th century to the present.

• Free Museum-Wide Cultural Event for Teens
  Returns to The Met

  Monday, October 17, 2016, 9:29 p.m.