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

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.

Thursday, May 23, 9:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

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

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, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 10:30–11:00 a.m.

Free; Museum admission not required

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.

Thursday, May 23, 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.

Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Interior Environment in European Paintings

Gallery Talk

Explore interior spaces created by early European painters and discover how these places offer clues about the outside world.

Thursday, May 23, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

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

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