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

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

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, 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

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, 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Free with 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.

Friday, May 24, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Capturing Costume

Drop-in Drawing

Draw inspiration from original works of art. Join talented art instructors in the galleries for informal sketching fun.

Friday, May 24, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Controlling the Environment: Himalayan Tangka Paintings

Gallery Talk

See how painters in the Nepalese and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition expressed their concern with controlling the Himalayan environment through images of powerful deities and protectors.

Friday, May 24, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Civil War and American Art

Membership Exhibition Preview

Supporting, Sustaining, Family/Dual, and Individual Members are invited to preview the exhibition The Civil War and American Art before it opens to the public.

Saturday, May 25, 9:30 a.m.–8:15 p.m.

For Supporting, Sustaining, Family/Dual, and Individual Members | Free with Museum Membership

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, May 25, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art, Religion, and the Environment in Ancient Greece

Gallery Talk

Picture the roadsides, sacred paths, and outdoor sanctuaries where the Greeks placed works of art to connect themselves to the divinities they worshipped.

Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission