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Metropolitan Museum Celebrates the Holidays by Opening on "Holiday Monday" December 29
Monday, December 22, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 29 (the Monday between Christmas and New Year's Day), as part of the Museum's popular "Holiday Mondays" program. The Museum will open the doors of its main building this winter and spring on three additional major Monday holidays: January 19 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), February 16 (Presidents' Day), and May 25 (Memorial Day).
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM LECTURES IN THE GRACE RAINEY ROGERS AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
For tickets, call the Concerts & Lectures Department at 212-570-3949 or visit
www.metmuseum.org/tickets, where updated schedules and programs (including
additional lectures that are free with Museum admission) are available.
Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open
Tuesday–Thursday 10–5:00, Friday and Saturday 10–7:00, and Sunday noon–5:00.
Student discount tickets are available for some events; call 212-570-3949.
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Brooklyn Museum Announces Landmark Costume Collection Partnership with Metropolitan Museum
Monday, December 15, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, December 16, 2008)—The Brooklyn Museum announced today a landmark collection-sharing partnership with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/press/ (PDF)
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뉴욕 메트로폴리탄 박물관과 문화체육관광부 MOU 체결 통해 장기 협력 체계 구축 -메트로폴리탄 한국 미술 연구를 위한 지원-
Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 7:12 p.m.
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伟大之旅：亚洲将在大都会博物馆亚洲艺术展区揭幕
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:43 p.m.
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David H. Koch Elected a Trustee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, November 13, 2008)—David H. Koch has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. Mr. Koch's election took place at the November 12 meeting of the Board.
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Medieval Europe Celebrated in Northern Manhattan in November
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
For the month of November, two unique institutions located in northern Manhattan's historic Fort Tryon Park—The Cloisters museum and gardens and the New Leaf Restaurant & Bar—will join together in an innovative partnership to offer a "total medieval experience" that starts with a museum visit in the afternoon and ends with dinner or begins with lunch at the New Leaf and follows with a tour of The Cloisters. The Cloisters, a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the only museum in the United States devoted to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. The New Leaf, a venture of Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP), features seasonal specialties made from locally grown ingredients.
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Metropolitan Museum Audio Guide Introduces Costume: The Art of Dress Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
Audio Tour Organized by The Costume Institute Highlights Historical Fashion Depicted in the Met's Collections
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Costume Institute Collection Database Available on Metropolitan Museum Website
Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 4:00 a.m.
Information on More than 29,000 Objects in Preeminent Costume Collection Available Online
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Endowment Ensures Continuation and Growth of Met Museum's Online Timeline of Art History
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 4:00 a.m.
A generous grant from the family of Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn, through New Tamarind Foundation and Zodiac Fund, will ensure the further growth and development of the Timeline of Art History, a major, evolving feature of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. This landmark gift is the first endowment to be dedicated to support of an online resource at the Metropolitan Museum. The Timeline, which can be found on the Museum's website at www.metmuseum.org/toah and which has more than 30,000 visitors daily, is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, illustrated principally by the Metropolitan Museum's encyclopedic collection.