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

Obras-primas do Museu (Museum Highlights in Portuguese)

Guided Tour

Descubra a coleção enciclopédica do museu neste tour, o qual destaca uma seleção de obras de arte que representam culturas e períodos diversos e também incentiva o visitante a explorar o museu por conta própria.
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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

ハイライトツアー (Museum Highlights in Japanese)

Guided Tour

世界中の文化、時代を代表する美術作品から選りすぐった作品をご紹介するツアーです。ツアー後、ご自身で館内をご覧になる際のご参考にしていただけます。
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.

Thursday, May 23, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 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.

Thursday, May 23, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Obras Maestras del Museo (Museum Highlights in Spanish)

Guided Tour

Descubra la colección enciclopédica del museo a través de esta visita guiada, la cual se centra en una selección de obras de arte que representan distintas culturas y épocas, y anima al visitante a explorar después el museo por su propia cuenta.
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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Hindu and Buddhist Vision in Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Guided Tour

A wide-ranging survey of South and Southeast Asian art, featuring archaeological material, sculpture, painting, and decorative art.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Capolavori del Museo (Museum Highlights in Italian)

Guided Tour

Questo tour presenta una selezione di opere d'arte di culture ed epoche diverse e vi portera' alla scoperta della collezione enciclopedica del Metropolitan incoraggiandovi inoltre a continuare ad esplorare il Museo a vostro piacimento.
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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

American Art

Guided Tour

This tour introduces visitors to the rich tradition of American art, from its mid-seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the early twentieth-century panoply of subjects and styles.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of China

Guided Tour

This tour introduces visitors to five thousand years of Chinese art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, sculpture, and decorative arts.

Thursday, May 23, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Musical Instruments: East and West

Guided Tour

An overview of the Museum's extensive collection of European, American, and non-Western instruments from prehistory to the present.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Cradle of Civilization: Art of the Ancient Near East

Guided Tour

Discover the extraordinary artistic achievements of the diverse cultures of the ancient Near East from 8000 b.c. to the rise of Islam in the mid-seventh century a.d.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Free with 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

American Historic Interiors

Guided Tour

This voyage through the history and styles of American domestic spaces combines architectural elements, furnishings, silver, glass and other decorative and utilitarian objects.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:45–1:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Искуство Древней Греции и Рима (Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome in Russian)

Guided Tour

Памятники искусства Древней Греции от доисторической эпохи до эпохи эллинизма, искусство Древнего Рима: настенная живопись, скульптура, декоративное искусство.
An overview of the Metropolitan's exceptional collection of Greek, Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman art presented in the newly renovated galleries.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Great Rooms: European Decorative Arts

Guided Tour

A survey of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Western European interiors and decorative arts, including architectural elements, artworks, and furnishings.

Thursday, May 23, 1:00–2:00 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.

Thursday, May 23, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Africa's Diverse Artistic Traditions and the Ideas and Values That Inspire Them

Guided Tour

Explore the diversity of Africa's rich artistic traditions.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Japan

Guided Tour

A presentation of the splendors of Japanese art at the Metropolitan Museum from the Neolithic period to the present.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Visite Guidée de l'Aile Americaine (The American Wing in French)

Guided Tour

Un aperçu de l'art américain comprenant peintures, sculptures, arts décoratifs et salons d'intérieur, réalisés entre le 17ème et 20ème siècle.
This tour introduces visitors to the rich tradition of American art, from its mid-seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the early twentieth-century panoply of subjects and styles.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Thursday, May 23, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Fashion in Art

Guided Tour

This cross-cultural guided tour focuses on the ways in which artists have used clothing to express identity and influence from the sixth century b.c. through modern times.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Robert Lehman Collection: Renaissance to Impressionism

Guided Tour

A view of one of America's greatest private collections, spanning a seven-hundred-year period, from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century.

Thursday, May 23, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

博物館精華 (Museum Highlights in Chinese/Mandarin)

Guided Tour

此導覽包括觀察博物館內的精品，這些精品是博物館從各地、各時期所收集不同文化的藝術作品。並鼓勵遊客自已觀察博物館的精品.
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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 2:00–3:00 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

印象派／後期印象派ツアー (Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Japanese)

Guided Tour

19世紀フランスの印象派、後期印象派の新しいスタイルを時代背景と共にご紹介するツアーです。
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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Parent-Child Workshops (Ages 3–6): Session 7

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.

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2:15–3:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Storytime in Nolen Library

Family Program

After hearing a story in the library's special corner for kids, explore the galleries on a self-guided treasure hunt. For families with children ages 3–7.

Thursday, May 23, 3:00–3:30 p.m.

Free; Museum admission not required for the library portion of this program

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.

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 3:15–4:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Thursday, May 23, 3:30–4:30 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!

Thursday, May 23, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art Afternoons (Ages 5–7): Session 6

Membership Class for Children

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

Thursday, May 23, 3:45–5:00 p.m.

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

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.

Friday, May 24, 9:30 a.m.–8:15 p.m.

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

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 10:15–11:15 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Great Paintings

Guided Tour

This tour focuses on masterworks from many time periods and cultures in order to introduce visitors to the global nature of the Museum's rich painting collections.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Toddler Storytime in Nolen Library

Family Program

Look, listen, and have fun with picture books in Nolen Library. For families with children ages 18 months–3 years.

Friday, May 24, 10:30–11:00 a.m.

Free; Museum admission not required

Parent-Child Workshops (Ages 3–6): Session 8

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, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

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

Masterpieces of the Middle Ages

Guided Tour

A presentation of the myriad objects produced in the medieval world from the beginnings of Christianity to the rise of the Renaissance.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:45–11:45 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Musée (Museum Highlights in French)

Guided Tour

Avec ce tour, découvrez la collection encyclopédique du musée représentant différentes cultures et époques, ce qui vous incitera à poursuivre l'exploration du musée à votre rythme.
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, 2013, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

하이라이트 투어 (Museum Highlights in Korean)

Guided Tour

여러 시대와 각 문화를 대표하는 예술품을 선별해 소개하며, 방문자 스스로 미술관을 계속 살펴 볼 수 있도록 뒷받침하는 이 투어를 통해, 미술관의 백과사전적 소장품을 발견하십시요.
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, 2013, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Obras-primas do Museu (Museum Highlights in Portuguese)

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

ハイライトツアー (Museum Highlights in Japanese)

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Obras Maestras del Museo (Museum Highlights in Spanish)

Guided Tour

Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Hindu and Buddhist Vision in Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Guided Tour

A wide-ranging survey of South and Southeast Asian art, featuring archaeological material, sculpture, painting, and decorative art.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

American Art

Guided Tour

This tour introduces visitors to the rich tradition of American art, from its mid-seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the early twentieth-century panoply of subjects and styles.

Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of China

Guided Tour

This tour introduces visitors to five thousand years of Chinese art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, sculpture, and decorative arts.

Friday, May 24, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission