Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next 7 days)

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.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Parent-Child Workshops (Ages 3–6): Session 9

Membership Class for Children

This class is designed to provide adults and children with an opportunity to discover art in a studio setting as well as in the Museum's galleries.

Friday, May 24, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $480 for the twelve-session semester

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.

Friday, May 24, 2:15–3:15 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.

Friday, May 24, 2:30–3:30 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.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 2:45–3:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Modern Art

Guided Tour

Discover the Museum's exceptional collection of modern art—including painting and sculpture—through works representing the major stylistic movements from 1900 to the present.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Highlights of The Cloisters Collection

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Museum-trained volunteers offer daily highlights tours of The Cloisters museum and gardens to introduce visitors to the collection as a whole or to specific departments or themes.

Friday, May 24, 3:00–4:00 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.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 3:15–4:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art Afternoons (Ages 8–10): Session 7

Membership Class for Children

Students explore their own creativity while discovering art in a studio setting.

Friday, May 24, 3:45–5:00 p.m.

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