Exhibitions

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

Special Exhibition Tells Story of How African Artifacts Were First Recognized as Art in U.S.
November 27, 2012 – September 2, 2013 (extended)

Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 100-year Anniversary of Arms and Armor Department with Special Exhibition in Recently Refurbished Galleries
October 2, 2012 – September 29, 2013

Legends of the Dead Ball Era (1900-1919) in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick
July 8–December 1, 2013

Design Motifs in Byzantine Art
August 6, 2013–August 3, 2014

Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan
August 17, 2013–January 12, 2014

Julia Margaret Cameron
August 19, 2013–January 5, 2014

Feathered Walls: Hangings from Ancient Peru
September 2, 2013–March 3, 2014

Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet
September 10–December 8, 2013

Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800
September 15, 2013–January 5, 2014

Masterpieces of Tibetan and Nepalese Art Recent Acquisitions
September 17, 2013–February 2, 2014

Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim
September 17, 2013–January 5, 2014

Balthus: Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations
September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014

Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth-Century France
October 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

The Nelson A Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of "the best" in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
October 7, 2013–October 5, 2014

Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom
November 4, 2013–February 23, 2014

Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company, 1932-1947
November 4, 2013–March 2, 2014

Jewels by JAR
November 20, 2013–March 9, 2014

Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China
December 11, 2013–April 6, 2014

Metropolitan Vanities: The History of the Dressing Table
December 16, 2012–April 13, 2014