Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next weekend)

Ikebana Display

Gallery Program

The display will consist of sixteen different flower arrangements in the styles of various Ikebana schools, including Sogetsu, Ikenobo, Ohara Ryu, Ichiyo, Misho Ryu, and Yamato Ikenobo.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Informal Discussion of the Gardens at The Cloisters

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Discover the Museum's encyclopedic collection on this tour, which focuses on a selection of works of art representing different cultures and time periods and encourages visitors to explore the Museum on their own.

Saturday, June 1, 10:15–11:15 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Drawing in the Galleries (Ages 8–11): Session 1

Membership Class for Children

Students visit a different Museum gallery each class and explore a variety of drawing techniques and materials as they create works based on what they see.

Saturday, June 1, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $300 for the twelve-session semester

Art Trek

Family Program

Be an art explorer! Take a new voyage around the globe every time you visit the Met. For families with children ages 5–12.

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Civil War and American Art

Membership Free Weekend Lecture

Members at the Family/Dual ($200) level and above are invited to attend exclusive lectures presented in conjunction with The Civil War and American Art.

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Free with Museum Membership

Start with Art at the Met

Family Program

Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art!

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival—Workshop

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Make connections between the films and works of art in the Museum through multisensory gallery tours and art-making activities.

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Sprout Film Festival tickets. View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

The Science of Ceramics and Glass in the Islamic World

Gallery Talk

Investigate the science behind materials used to make works of art from the Islamic World, including ceramics and glass.

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Gardens of The Cloisters

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Offered Tuesdays through Sundays through the end of October, these tours of The Cloisters' medieval gardens include horticultural, architectural, and historical information.

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of the Islamic World

Guided Tour

A tour of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia explores the Metropolitan Museum's collection of Islamic art, a collection that is one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world.

Saturday, June 1, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival Program 4—Performing Arts

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 12:00–1:30 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Fruit in Medieval Life and Art

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome

Guided Tour

This tour of the Greek and Roman Art galleries provides an introduction to five thousand years of art from the early Cycladic period in the fifth millennium b.c. to the time of Constantine in the fourth century a.d.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 12:45–1:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Drawing in the Galleries (Ages 11–14): Session 2

Membership Class for Children

Students visit a different Museum gallery each class and explore a variety of drawing techniques and materials as they create works based on what they see.

Saturday, June 1, 1:00–2:30 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $300 for the twelve-session semester

The Medieval Kitchen Garden

Family Workshop at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

El huerto medieval

La Experiencia Medieval: Talleres Bilingües e Educativos para Familias

Niños de 4 a 12 están invitados a explorar los jardines del museo y aprender como las plantas fueron cultivadas para la alimentación y la cocina en la Edad Media.

Saturday, June 1, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Medieval Fruits You Can Grow Today

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Ancient Egypt

Guided Tour

This tour provides an overview of the Metropolitan's collection of Egyptian art, one of the finest and most comprehensive outside Egypt.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Espaliers: Trees for Ornament and Fruit

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art Trek

Family Program

Be an art explorer! Take a new voyage around the globe every time you visit the Met. For families with children ages 5–12.

Saturday, June 1, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Start with Art at the Met

Family Program

Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art!

Saturday, June 1, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival Program 5—Brain Injury

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 2:30–4:15 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Sprout Film Festival Program 6—Short Docs

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 2:30–4:00 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Old Master Paintings

Guided Tour

A chronological overview of the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings from the thirteenth through the eighteenth century.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 2:45–3:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Caring for Fruit Trees at The Cloisters

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Join us for Garden Day, a celebration of the glory of the spring season and the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Saturday, June 1, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 3:15–4:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Guided Tour

An exploration of the nineteenth-century French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, focusing on the artists' stylistic innovations and the social milieu in which they worked.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 3:45–4:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 4:15–5:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival Program 7—Past Highlights

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 4:45–6:15 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Sprout Film Festival Program 8—The Creative Side

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 4:45–6:30 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

ETHEL and Friends

Performance

ETHEL, a modern classical quartet, will perform at the Great Hall Balcony Bar on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout the year.

Saturday, June 1, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 5:15–6:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Saturday, June 1, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

In with the New: Iran and Early Islamic Art

Gallery Talk

Consider how pre-Islamic Iranian culture and art impacted the earliest examples of art from the Islamic world.

Saturday, June 1, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival Program 9—The Punk Syndrome

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Sprout Film Festival Program 10—Growing Pains

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Saturday, June 1, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Ikebana Display

Gallery Program

The display will consist of sixteen different flower arrangements in the styles of various Ikebana schools, including Sogetsu, Ikenobo, Ohara Ryu, Ichiyo, Misho Ryu, and Yamato Ikenobo.

Sunday, June 2, 2013, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Sunday, June 2, 10:45–11:45 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival—Workshop

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Make connections between the films and works of art in the Museum through multisensory gallery tours and art-making activities.

Sunday, June 2, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Sprout Film Festival tickets. View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

The Science of Painting

Gallery Talk

Join a Met research scientist to investigate painting materials and explore the relationship between chemical composition, chemical change, and appearance.

Sunday, June 2, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Sunday, June 2, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Sprout Film Festival Program 11—Short Docs

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Sunday, June 2, 12:00–1:30 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Sprout Film Festival Program 12—The Creative Side

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.

Sunday, June 2, 12:00–1:45 p.m.

View full festival schedule and purchase tickets. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Classicism in Medieval Art and Architecture

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Sunday, June 2, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

American Art

Guided Tour

This tour provides an overview of the comprehensive collections of The American Wing and may include paintings, sculpture, furniture, period rooms, and decorative arts, as well as architectural spaces.

Sunday, June 2, 2013, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission