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• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Monumental Portrait by Leading 17th-Century French Painter Charles Le Brun of Everhard Jabach and His Family

  Friday, May 16, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Stephen M. Cutler Elected a Trustee at
  Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 8:23 p.m.

• The Anna Wintour Costume Center and Charles James: Beyond Fashion Opening Ceremony

  Monday, May 5, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Instagram Account Wins Prestigious Webby Award

  Friday, May 2, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Major Gift from Adrienne Arsht to Support Met Museum Presents, the Innovative Series of Performances and Talk

  Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Its 2014–15 Season of Met Museum Presents

  Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

• 14 International Museum Leaders to Participate in Metropolitan Museum’s First-ever Colloquium Aimed at Broadening Dialogue on Global Museum Issues

  Thursday, April 3, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Sandra Jackson-Dumont Named to Lead the Metropolitan Museum's Education Programs and Initiatives

  Thursday, March 13, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Launches MetCollects, an Online Series Featuring Recently Acquired
  Works of Art

  Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• New Managing Horticulturist Appointed at The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum’s Branch for Medieval Art

  Monday, March 10, 2014, 3:11 p.m.

• Beatrice Galilee Appointed Associate Curator of Architecture and Design in Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, March 3, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Daniel and Estrellita B. Brodsky Establish Two Curatorships, Providing Major Support for the Metropolitan Museum’s Expanded Modern and Contemporary Art Program

  Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Iria Candela e Beatrice Galilee nomeadas como novas curadoras por Daniel e Estrellita Brodsky dentro do departamento de arte contemporânea do Met

  Friday, February 14, 2014, 5:01 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents – March 2014

  Monday, February 10, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Monuments Men Who Saved Works of Art during World War II—Including Former Metropolitan Museum Director James J. Rorimer—Celebrated in New Gallery Itinerary, Display, and March 9 Event

  Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Iria Candela y Beatrice Galilee asumirán nuevas curadurías auspiciadas por Daniel y Estrellita Brodsky en el Departamento de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo del Metropolitan

  Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

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

  Friday, January 31, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Designate Renovated
  Costume Institute the Anna Wintour Costume Center

  Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Initiative Provides Free Access to 400,000 Digital Images

  Thursday, January 2, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of United Nations, Visits Korean Art Exhibition at Met Museum

  Monday, December 23, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• New Season of Early Music Performances Marks 75th Anniversary Year at The Cloisters Featured Groups Include Waverly Consort, Lionheart, Orlando Consort, Blue Heron, Pomerium, and Sequentia

  Thursday, November 21, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• New Trustees Charles N. Atkins, Blair Effron, John Paulson, and Dr. Samantha Boardman Rosen Elected at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

• Statement by The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Ruling by Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich

  Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum and SFMOMA Jointly Acquire Major William Kentridge Installation

  Saturday, October 26, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• New Lease Amendment Signed by Metropolitan Museum and City of New York, Confirming Longstanding Admissions Policy

  Thursday, October 24, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Three Metropolitan Museum Exhibitions Stimulate $742 Million 2013 Economic Impact for New York

  Monday, October 7, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Live Stream Its All-day, Sold-out TEDxMet Event This Saturday, October 19

  Monday, October 7, 2013

• Apollo Circle Benefit on November 14 at Metropolitan Museum Marks Event’s 10th Anniversary

  Sunday, October 6, 2013, 11:00 p.m.

• ICOM Officially Announces the Publication of the Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk

  Sunday, October 6, 2013, 10:00 p.m.

• ¡Fiesta! at Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Hispanic and Latin Cultures With Afternoon of Free Programs and Performances

  Sunday, October 6, 2013, 9:00 p.m.

• メトロポリタン美術館が新しいウェブ機能、一つのMET。世界のアート。（One Met. Many Worlds.）を11カ国語で開始します。

  Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Trumbull’s Iconic Portrait of Alexander Hamilton Now on View at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Léger Masterpiece The Village—Acquired through Additional Gift from Leonard A. Lauder—Now on View at Metropolitan Museum

  Friday, September 20, 2013, 9:50 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Celebrates “An Evening of Many Cultures” with Gala and Dance Party on September 23

  Friday, September 20, 2013, 9:00 p.m.

• Diana Craig Patch Named Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Department of Egyptian Art at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 9:00 p.m.

• Curatorial Appointments at Metropolitan Museum Bring Renewed Attention to Artistic Traditions across the Americas, Both Before and Beyond Colonialism

  Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 8:00 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents - December 2013

  Friday, September 6, 2013, 8:30 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents - January & February 2014

  Friday, September 6, 2013, 8:15 p.m.

• Met Museum Presents - Chamber Opera at the Met in 2013-14:

  Friday, September 6, 2013, 8:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Unveils New Adventure Travel Program

  Thursday, September 5, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Speakers and Performers for Unprecedented TEDxMet Event on Saturday, October 19
  

  Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Joanna Prosser Named Vice President for Merchandising at Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, August 5, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Reaches One Million Visitors in 18 Months to New Galleries for American Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

  Friday, August 2, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum to Inaugurate Global Museum Leaders Colloquium in Spring 2014

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

• Metropolitan Museum Now Open 7 Days a Week

  Monday, July 1, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Sree Sreenivasan Named the Metropolitan Museum’s First Chief Digital Officer

  Thursday, June 20, 2013, 4:00 a.m.

• Gerald L. Hassell and Kathryn S. Wylde Honored at Metropolitan Museum's 2013 Corporate Benefit

  Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 5:45 p.m.

• P.S. Art 2013, Annual Juried Exhibition of Art by NYC Public School Students, on View at the Metropolitan Museum
  June 11 - August 25, 2013

  Monday, June 10, 2013, 4:00 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.

• 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.

• 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.

  
  

• 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.

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

  Wednesday, January 30, 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.