Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (all upcoming events, Talks)

CANCELED: Exhibition Tour—Plain or Fancy?: Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts

Gallery Talk

View highlights from the Museum's extensive holdings of European sculpture and decorative arts, compare austere works of art with ornate ones, and consider your own responses to different aesthetic styles from the Renaissance to the early 20th century.

Thursday, June 20, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Friday, June 21, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

CANCELLED: Conversation with a Conservator—Drawing of an Angel from Iran

Conversation with a Curator or Conservator

Experience a lively dialogue with a Museum conservator about an object that especially intrigues her.

Friday, June 21, 2:00–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Susanna Coffey

Artists on Artworks

See the Met's collection through artists' eyes. Each artist discusses works of art in the collection that have influenced his or her own work.

Friday, June 21, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, though tickets are required

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum graduate interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 22, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Changing Perspectives on The Cloisters Collection

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Saturday, June 22, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Changing Perspectives on The Cloisters Collection

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Saturday, June 22, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of the Americas

Program for Visitors Who Are Deaf

Explore works from the ancient Americas, including Mexico, Panama, and Peru.

Saturday, June 22, 2:15–3:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 22, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 22, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Sunday, June 23, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire

Gallery Talk

In this exhibition, encounter seventeen iconic works of art from The British Museum's Department of the Middle East, including the Cyrus Cylinder.

Tuesday, June 25, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Flora and Fauna in Korean Art

Gallery Talk

Take a close look at portrayals of plants and animals in Korean paintings, ceramics, lacquer, and textiles.

Wednesday, June 26, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Wednesday, June 26, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Exhibition Tour—Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective

Gallery Talk

Trace the development of Ken Price's ceramic sculptures, from his early ovoid forms to his later molten-like slumps, in this exhibition.

Thursday, June 27, 10:15–11:15 a.m.

Free with Museum admission, though tickets are required

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Thursday, June 27, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Friday, June 28, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Revolutionizing the Figure: Alberto Giacometti

Gallery Talk

Examine the existential qualities and emotional power of works by one of the twentieth century's most influential sculptors as you delve into his unique approach to the human form.

Friday, June 28, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

No Revolt: Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II

The Observant Eye

Gather with other college and graduate students and curiously minded young adults, and engage in deep discussion and close observation in the galleries.

Friday, June 28, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, but registration is required

Illusion in European Paintings

Gallery Talk

Delight in the visual game of painted illusions in the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800.

Saturday, June 29, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Animal Lore in the Middle Ages

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Saturday, June 29, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Animal Lore in the Middle Ages

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Saturday, June 29, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 29, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 29, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Sunday, June 30, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 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.

Tuesday, July 2, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Exhibition Tour—Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints

Gallery Talk

In this exhibition, follow currents in decor, fashion, and taste over the last five hundred years that were captured in works on paper, and discover how different generations balanced comfort with aesthetic appeal.

Wednesday, July 3, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Wednesday, July 3, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Friday, July 5, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Conversation with a Conservator—Panel with Marquetry Decoration from Egypt

Conversation with a Curator or Conservator

Experience a lively dialogue with a Museum conservator about an object that especially intrigues him.

Friday, July 5, 2:00–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Conversation with a Curator at The Cloisters

Conversation with a Curator or Conservator

Engage in a lively dialogue with a Museum curator about objects that especially intrigue him.

Friday, July 5, 2:00–2:20 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Quiet Revolutions in Early and Medieval Chinese Art

Gallery Talk

Examine the impact of technological, religious, and political changes on Chinese bronzes, ceramics, and sculpture.

Friday, July 5, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum graduate interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, July 6, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Four Cloisters

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary. Due to limited gallery space, preorganized groups of ten or more cannot be accommodated. For information, call 212-650-2280.

Saturday, July 6, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Four Cloisters

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary. Due to limited gallery space, preorganized groups of ten or more cannot be accommodated. For information, call 212-650-2280.

Saturday, July 6, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, July 6, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, July 6, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Sunday, July 7, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Representing Mary in Medieval Art

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Sunday, July 7, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Representing Mary in Medieval Art

Gallery Talk at The Cloisters

No advance reservations are necessary.

Sunday, July 7, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Drawings and Prints from the Collection

Gallery Talk

Join two curators to explore the current installation that includes oversized sixteenth-century woodcuts, European eighteenth- and nineteenth-century portrait drawings, a selection of modern and contemporary drawings and prints, and American Civil War prints designed by Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast.

Tuesday, July 9, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire

Gallery Talk

In this exhibition, encounter seventeen iconic works of art from The British Museum's Department of the Middle East, including the Cyrus Cylinder.

Wednesday, July 10, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Wednesday, July 10, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Metalwork from the Islamic World

Gallery Talk

Join two conservators to learn how Islamic craftsmen expanded upon metalworking expertise inherited from the ancient world.

Thursday, July 11, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Thursday, July 11, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Newly Installed Galleries for Italian Paintings

Gallery Talk

Join a curator to view works by some of the world's most influential artists and reunite with familiar favorites on a tour of the recently reinstalled galleries for Italian paintings.

Friday, July 12, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Gallery Talk and Demonstration—Roentgen Furniture

Gallery Talk

Experience firsthand the innovative designs and intriguing mechanical devices of furniture from the workshop of Abraham and David Roentgen.

Friday, July 12, 2:00–3:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Exhibition Tour—At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston

Gallery Talk

Investigate iconic photographs of commonplace subjects by this pioneer of modern color photography.

Friday, July 12, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Armed for Battle? Dressed to Kill? Design and Decoration in Arms and Armor

The Observant Eye

Gather with other college and graduate students and curiously minded young adults, and engage in deep discussion and close observation in the galleries.

Friday, July 12, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, but registration is required

Exhibition Tour—The Civil War and American Art

Gallery Talk

In this exhibition, consider how artists responded to the aftermath of the Civil War and captured its impact on the American psyche through paintings of landscapes and genre scenes.

Saturday, July 13, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission