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• Next Teens Take The Met! Set for May 20

  Monday, May 16, 2016, 12:45 p.m.

• Quincy Houghton to Join The Met as
  Associate Director for Exhibitions

  Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 5:21 p.m.

• Restored Saint Michael the Archangel
  by Andrea della Robbia Back on View at
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 6:01 p.m.

• The Met Announces Museum Directors Selected for Third Global Museum Leaders Colloquium

  Monday, April 4, 2016, 5:08 p.m.

• The Met Breuer Joins Bank of America
  Museums on Us® Program

  Friday, April 1, 2016, 6:32 p.m.

• The Met Breuer to Open to Public with Three-day Weekend Celebration, March 18-20

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 8:00 p.m.

• The Met Breuer Opens to the Public on March 18, 2016 Expanding The Met’s Modern and Contemporary Program

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

• The Met Breuer Fact Sheet

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

• “Phaidon x The Met Bookstore” at The Met Breuer

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 4:00 p.m.

• Philip F. Maritz and William Pierson Rayner
  Elected to Metropolitan Museum Board

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Launches Final Season of Acclaimed Online Series The Artist Project

  Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 2:00 p.m.

  
  

• The Met Enhances Website and Digital Platforms,
  Elevating Online to a “Fourth Space”

  Monday, February 29, 2016, 6:01 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art to Settle Class Action
  Lawsuit; Refines Admission Signs to Affirm Museum’s
  Long-Standing “Pay What You Wish” Policy

  Friday, February 26, 2016, 4:11 p.m.

• Met Museum Celebrates 100 Years of Collecting
  Works on Paper with Exhibitions, Programs,
  and “Artwork of the Week” Series

  Friday, February 19, 2016, 4:18 p.m.

• Statement from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  on Its New Visual Identity

  Friday, February 19, 2016, 2:00 p.m.

  
  

• $946 Million in Spending in New York Generated by Visitors to Three Exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum in Summer 2015

  Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 10:50 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Lunar New Year Festival
  to Celebrate Year of the Monkey

  Monday, February 1, 2016, 8:03 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collaborates
  with Estela Restaurateurs at The Met Breuer

  Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 3:57 p.m.

• Illusionist Ricky Jay and Critic Michael Kimmelman Discuss the Life and Work of Matthias Buchinger at the Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

• Debra R. Black Elected Metropolitan Museum Trustee

  Tuesday, December 15, 2015, 2:24 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Ministry Announces Major Gift to Support
  Korean Art Initiatives at the Museum

  Thursday, December 10, 2015, 7:18 p.m.

  English | 한국어
  

• “Crown of the Andes,” Rare and Lavish Example of
  Goldsmith’s Work from Colonial Spanish America,
  Acquired by Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 5:07 p.m.

• The Met Breuer to Open to the Public on
  March 18, 2016 With Three-Day
  Weekend Celebration

  Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 10:11 p.m.

• The Grand Tour: Asia Continues in the Asian Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 4:13 p.m.

  English | 中国

• Met Museum Celebrates Christmas and
  Hanukkah at Main Building and Cloisters

  Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 8:59 p.m.

• Artist Peter Hristoff in Innovative Residency at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, November 12, 2015, 9:47 p.m.

• Met Museum Celebrates Diwali, Indian "Festival of Light," with Interactive Activities and Dance Performance

  Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 11:13 p.m.

• Cornelia Parker Named Artist for the Met Museum’s 2016 Roof Garden Commission

  Thursday, October 15, 2015, 6:31 p.m.

• Costume Institute’s Spring 2016 Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum to Focus on Technology’s Impact on Fashion

  Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 12:46 p.m.

• The Atelier with Alina Cho Launches New
  Season with Diane von Furstenberg

  Thursday, October 8, 2015, 12:59 p.m.

• Cloisters Concert Series Introduces New Programs,
  New Performers in 2015–2016 Season

  Monday, October 5, 2015, 7:21 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Partners with 55
  Community Organizations for October 16
  Teens Take the Met! Cultural Open House

  Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 3:57 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Associate Director for Exhibitions, Jennifer Russell, to Retire

  Monday, September 21, 2015, 1:02 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Named World’s Top Museum in TripAdvisor 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards

  Thursday, September 17, 2015, 7:15 p.m.

• Met Announces Launch of #MetKids, New Online Feature Made for, with, and by Kids

  Thursday, September 10, 2015, 2:31 p.m.

• Harold Koda to Step Down After Leading Met Museum’s Costume Institute for 15 Years; Andrew Bolton to Become Curator In Charge of the Department

  Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustee
  Colvin W. Grannum

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• Barbara Drake Boehm Named
  Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator
  for The Met Cloisters

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 8:30 p.m.

• Stephen C. Pinson Named Curator in
  Department of Photographs
  at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

• 815,992 Visitors to Costume Institute’s China Exhibition Make It Fifth Most Visited Exhibition in Metropolitan Museum’s History

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 4:33 p.m.

  English | 中国

• Metropolitan Museum’s MetFridays
  to Focus on Latin American Culture
  on September 18

  Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 12:45 p.m.

  English | Español

• The Metropolitan Museum’s Venetian Sculpture Gallery—Renaissance Sculpture from Venice and Northern Italy, Featuring Tullio Lombardo’s Adam—Is Now Open

  Friday, August 28, 2015, 3:25 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Extends
  Hours for Final Weekend of
  China: Through the Looking Glass

  Friday, August 28, 2015, 1:28 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches
  The Met Breuer in March 2016
  Expanding Modern and Contemporary
  Art Program

  Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 1:29 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Roster
  of Presenters for TEDxMet Event to
  Take Place Saturday, September 26,
  at The Met Breuer

  Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 4:52 p.m.

• Adam Gopnik Returns to The Met for a Series
  about the Mesmerizing Cultures of Jerusalem

  Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 11:30 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces
  Record-breaking 6.3 Million
  Annual Attendance

  Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 2:03 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary of
  Americans with Disabilities Act by Hosting Special
  Events to Honor Creativity and Accessibility

  Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 8:46 p.m.

• Celebrate a Summer of American Art—Independence Day through Labor Day—at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 8:00 a.m.

• China: Through the Looking Glass Exhibition Extended through September 7 at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 7:35 p.m.

  English | 中国
  

• The Met App is Now Available on Android Smartphones

  Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 7:30 a.m.

• Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
  Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
  on Announcement by LG Electronics of
  Modified Plan for New Headquarters

  Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

• Met Museum to Present Irving Penn Centennial Exhibition in 2017 Featuring Landmark Promised Gift of Photographs from The Irving Penn Foundation

  Friday, June 12, 2015, 1:59 p.m.

• World’s Earliest Known Cello on Summer
  Loan to Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, June 8, 2015, 9:46 p.m.

• Kelly Baum Named Curator in Department of
  Modern and Contemporary Art at Met Museum

  Friday, June 5, 2015, 7:11 p.m.

• P.S. Art 2015, Annual Juried Exhibition of
  Art by NYC Public School Students, to Enjoy
  Extended Run at Metropolitan Museum
  and to Be Featured in Times Square

  Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 7:06 p.m.

  
  

• Metropolitan Museum Reprises Teens Take the Met!—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Friday, June 5

  Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 2:49 p.m.

• Call for Submissions for Soundwalk 9:09,
  A New Work for The Metropolitan
  Museum of Art and The Met Breuer

  Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 4:04 p.m.

• Met Museum and National Gallery of Art,
  Washington, Each Acquire Significant Work
  by Leading Harlem Renaissance Artist
  Aaron Douglas

  Thursday, May 14, 2015, 6:48 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustees
  N. Anthony Coles, Álvaro Saieh, and Mary J. Wallach

  Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 8:09 p.m.

• Senses of Springtime—Celebrate India!
  Festival for All Ages, May 17, at Met Museum

  Friday, May 8, 2015, 6:50 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the
  2015-2016 Season of Met Museum Presents

  Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 2:39 p.m.

• Clyde B. Jones III Named Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Met Museum

  Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 7:10 p.m.

• World-renowned Classical Pianist Lang Lang to Perform at Metropolitan Museum as Part of Centennial Celebration of Asian Art and Culture

  Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Expands
  Modern and Contemporary Art Program
  with Launch of The Met Breuer in March 2016

  Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• Masterpieces of Japanese and Korean Art from Renowned Mary Griggs Burke Collection Donated to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Arts through Landmark Bequests

  Monday, March 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

• Landmark Gifts of Art and Funding Dramatically Enhance Met Museum’s Asian Art Department as Yearlong Program of Exhibitions and Activities Begins, Celebrating Department’s Centennial

  Monday, March 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

• David Chipperfield Named as Architect to Redesign
  Metropolitan Museum’s Modern and Contemporary
  Art Wing and Adjacent Areas

  Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 8:30 p.m.

• Daniel H. Weiss Named Next President
  of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

• Celebrating Asian Art through Performance in Spring Season of Met Museum Presents

  Monday, March 2, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

  English | 中国

• Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
  Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
  On The Destruction at The Mosul Museum

  Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

• Betsy Cohen Named Honorary Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Lunar New Year Festival to Celebrate Year of the Ram

  Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• MetFridays Launches at Met Museum, Highlighting Range of Activities for Visitors on Friday Evenings

  Friday, January 30, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

  
  

• 15 International Museum Leaders to Convene for Metropolitan Museum’s Second Global Museum Leaders Colloquium in April 2015

  Thursday, January 29, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

• Advance Details about Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring Exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, Announced at the Palace Museum in China

  Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

  English | 中国

• George R. Goldner to Step Down After Leading Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Drawings and Prints for 21 Years; Nadine M. Orenstein to Become Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department

  Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Souls Grown Deep Foundation Donates 57 Works to Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 11:00 p.m.

• Visitors to Four 2014 Exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum Generated $753 Million in Spending in New York

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

• Khan Academy to Carry Extensive Content Created by Metropolitan Museum Based on Its World-Renowned Collection
  New Partnership Will Extend Free Online Learning Opportunities Globally

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 12:00 p.m.

• New Trustees James W. Breyer, Howard S. Marks, Beatrice Stern, and Caroline Diamond Harrison Elected at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Celebrates Diwali, Indian “Festival of Light,” with Dance Performances
  Sunday, November 2, 2014

  Friday, October 31, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Teens Take the Met—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Will Launch on Friday, October 17

  Thursday, October 9, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Important Group of Egyptian Vessels and Ornaments Excavated in 1913-14 at Haraga

  Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 1:00 a.m.

• Cloisters Concerts in 2014–15 Season Feature Expanded Range and New Locations
  

  Sunday, October 5, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Seventh Annual ¡Fiesta! Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Cultures with Afternoon of Free Family Programs and Performances for All Ages

  Thursday, September 25, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s New David H. Koch Plaza Opens to the Public September 10

  Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

  Two-year Renovation Project Transforms Plaza along Fifth Avenue Into Welcoming Entry for the Museum’s More than Six Million Annual Visitors
  

• Metropolitan Museum Launches Flagship App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

  Tuesday, September 2, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

  The Met App Provides Easy Way for the Museum’s Community, Locally and Globally, to Stay Current with What’s Happening at the Museum

• Metropolitan Museum Launches 82nd & Fifth App in 12 Languages, Based on Award-Winning Online Series Featuring 100 Works of Art and 100 Curators They Inspired

  Thursday, August 7, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:
  
  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  
  

• Cloisters Museum and Gardens Announces Fall 2014 Schedule of Programs

  Wednesday, August 6, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Emily K. Rafferty, President of Metropolitan Museum of Art for Past Decade, to Retire in 2015

  Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces 6.2 Million Annual Attendance

  Friday, July 25, 2014, 7:27 p.m.

• David Landau and Marie-Rose Kahane Donate 44 Glass Works by Carlo Scarpa to Metropolitan Museum

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 6:00 p.m.

• Iria Candela and Beatrice Galilee Appointed to New Curatorships Endowed by Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky within Met’s Modern and Contemporary Art Department

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 2:11 p.m.

  english | português | español
  

• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Rare, Early Roman Porphyry Vessel

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Launches New Interactive Web Feature One Met. Many Worlds. in 11 Languages

  Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 5:00 p.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 | français | deutsch | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | português | русский | español

• Morrison H. Heckscher to Become Curator Emeritus After Leading American Wing for 13 Years and Distinguished 48-Year Tenure at Metropolitan Museum; Sylvia L. Yount Appointed to Head American Wing

  Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

• Director Thomas P. Campbell Announces Senior Staff Promotions at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 9:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Initiative Broadens Access to 400,000 Digital Images

  Friday, June 6, 2014, 3:48 p.m.

• Alarm Will Sound Premieres a Work Inspired by One of the Metropolitan Museum’s Most Iconic Galleries

  Thursday, May 29, 2014, 4:00 a.m.