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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.